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Robert Maynard

1684 - 1751

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Captain Robert Maynard (19 September 1684 – 4 January 1750) was a Royal Navy officer. Little is known about Maynard's early life, other than that he was born in England in 1684 and eventually joined the English navy. He was made a lieutenant in January 1707, and by 1709 was the third lieutenant on HMS Bedford. In November 1718, Maynard was tasked with hunting down and capturing the notorious pirate Blackbeard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Maynard is the 1,173rd most popular military personnel (down from 875th in 2019), the 2,319th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,535th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among military personnels, Robert Maynard ranks 1,173 out of 2,058. Before him are Albrecht Brandi, Fyodor Apraksin, Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, Paul Kray, Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, and Augustín Malár. After him are Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria, Clearchus of Sparta, Otto Schniewind, Chram, and Cristóvão da Gama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1684, Robert Maynard ranks 13. Before him are Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Gottfried Walther, Jean Astruc, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, and Kimpa Vita. After him are Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Matthias Bel, Edward Vernon, and Francesco Manfredini. Among people deceased in 1751, Robert Maynard ranks 17. Before him are Christopher Polhem, Nicola Salvi, Peter Lacy, Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. After him are Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, János Pálffy, John Machin, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, and Henri François d'Aguesseau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Maynard ranks 2,319 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Low (1690), Jim Carter (1948), Roger Byrne (1929), Thomas Otway (1652), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), and Peter Crouch (1981). After him are Taliesin (518), Geoffrey Hughes (1944), George Frederic Watts (1817), Sarah Miles (1941), William Kent (1685), and Robert Kerr (1755).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Robert Maynard ranks 53. Before him are Arthur Rostron (1869), Horatio Gates (1727), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), and Arthur Percival (1887). After him are David Stirling (1915), John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), Claude Choules (1901), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), John Fastolf (1380), and Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888).

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