Sir William Penn

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Born	April 23, 1621 • Bristol • England
Died	September 16, 1670 (aged 49) • London • England
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Robert Blake

British admiral

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich

English admiral

George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth

British admiral

Cornelis Tromp

Dutch admiral

Oliver Cromwell

English statesman

Sir Richard Hawkins

English seaman

Lord Nelson, detail of an oil painting by J.F. Rigaud; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.

Horatio Nelson

British naval commander

Sir Francis Drake

English admiral

William Bligh

English admiral

John Dudley, duke of Northumberland

English politician and soldier

Richard Howe, Earl Howe

British admiral

Sir John Hawkins

English naval commander

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

British admiral

Henry Bennet, 1st earl of Arlington

English statesman

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

British admiral

Charles Howard, 1st earl of Nottingham

English admiral

Augustus Keppel

British admiral

Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour

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Sir George Downing

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Sir Richard Grenville

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