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Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet
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Sir John Thomas Duckworth, Bt
Born
9 February 1748
Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Died
31 August 1817(1817-08-31) (aged 69)
Plymouth naval base, England
Allegiance
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1759–1817
Rank
Admiral of the Blue
Commands held
HMS Rover*HMS Terrible*HMS Yarmouth*HMS Bristol*HMS Bombay Castle*HMS Princess Royal*HMS Orion*HMS LeviathanCommander-in-Chief at Barbados and Leeward Islands
Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica
Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet
Governor of Newfoundland and Commander-in-Chief of the Newfoundland Squadron
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
Battles/wars
Seven Years' War**Battle of Quiberon Bay*American War of Independence**Battle of Grenada*French Revolutionary Wars**Glorious First of June**Capture of Minorca (1798)**Capture of St. Bartholomew and St. Martin**Ferrol Expedition (1800)**Blockade of Cadiz*Napoleonic Wars**Atlantic campaign of 1806**Battle of San Domingo**Dardanelles Operation**Alexandria expedition of 1807*War of 1812
Awards
Naval Gold Medal
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Swords of Honour from London and Jamaica
Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB (9 February 1748 – 31 August 1817) was an officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as the Governor of Newfoundland during the War of 1812, and a member of the British House of Commons during his semi-retirement. Duckworth, a vicar's son, achieved much in a naval career that began at the age of 11.Serving with most of the great names of the Royal Navy during the later 18th and early 19th centuries, he fought almost all of Britain's enemies on the seas at one time or another, including a Dardanelles operation that would be remembered a century later during the First World War. He was in command at the Battle of San Domingo, the last great fleet action of the Napoleonic Wars.
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