Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet
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L'amiral Sir George Bowyer, 5e et 1er baronnet (1740-6 décembre 1800), est un officier de marine et homme politique britannique .
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Admiral Sir George Bowyer, 5th and 1st Baronet (3 May 1740 – 6 December 1800), was a Royal Navy officer and politician of the eighteenth century. He participated in the Seven Years' War, fighting at the Battle of Minorca, Raid on Rochefort, and Siege of Louisbourg as a junior officer. Promoted to commander in 1761 his first command, the cutter , was captured by the French in June of the following year. Acquitted by his subsequent court martial, Bowyer was promoted to post-captain in October 1762.
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George Bowyer (5e baronnet)
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Sir George Bowyer, 5th Baronet
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George Bowyer
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George Bowyer
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1751
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Kingdom of Great Britain
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*Seven Years' War
**Battle of Minorca
**Raid on Rochefort
**Siege of Louisbourg
*American Revolutionary War
**Battle of Grenada
**Battle of Martinique
*French Revolutionary Wars
**Glorious First of June
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23
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George Bowyer as a post-captain
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1800-12-06
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John
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Admiral Sir
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Brooke
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Member of Parliament for Queenborough
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BOWYER, George , of Bracknell, Berks.
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1784
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'''1794–1800
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'''1799–1800
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L'amiral Sir George Bowyer, 5e et 1er baronnet (1740-6 décembre 1800), est un officier de marine et homme politique britannique .
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Admiral Sir George Bowyer, 5th and 1st Baronet (3 May 1740 – 6 December 1800), was a Royal Navy officer and politician of the eighteenth century. He participated in the Seven Years' War, fighting at the Battle of Minorca, Raid on Rochefort, and Siege of Louisbourg as a junior officer. Promoted to commander in 1761 his first command, the cutter , was captured by the French in June of the following year. Acquitted by his subsequent court martial, Bowyer was promoted to post-captain in October 1762. During the American Revolutionary War he commanded the ship of the line HMS Albion and fought in the Battle of Grenada and Battle of Martinique, and also played a key role in a skirmish with Admiral de Guichen's fleet on 15 May 1780 where he drew the fire of fifteen enemy ships at once. Promoted to rear-admiral in 1793, Bowyer fought at the battle of the Glorious First of June on 1 June 1794 where he lost a leg. Unable to continue serving actively, he was rewarded for his service with a baronetcy and became an admiral in 1799. In the same year he also inherited 's baronetcy. Bowyer died in December 1800.
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1800
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1751
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