Admiral Of The Fleet Gallery

Sir C. Shovel, (c1650-1707), 1830. Creator: Unknown

Sir C. Shovel, (c1650-1707), 1830. Sir Cloudesley Shovell (c1650-1707) English naval officer who served at; the Battle of Solebay, the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, the Battle of Bantry Bay during the Williamite War in Ireland, the Nine Years War and the War of the Spanish Succession. MP for Rochester, he died in a shipwreck off the Isles of Scilly. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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King George V and Queen Mary aboard HMY Victoria and Albert, with her crew, c1933

King George V and Queen Mary aboard HMY Victoria and Albert, with her crew, c1933. King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) with the crew of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert'. Also present are the Marquise d'Hautpoul de Seyre and her brother Sir Harry Stonor, friends and courtiers of the king and queen. HMY Victoria and Albert, launched in 1899, was a steamship used by the royal family, particularly for their trips to their summer home, Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight

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