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Boscawen, Edward

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Boscawen, Edward (1711-1761)

English admiral who served against the French in the mid-18th-century wars, including the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. He led expeditions to the East Indies 1748-50 and served as lord of the Admiralty from 1751, vice admiral from 1755, and admiral from 1758. To his men he was known as ‘Old Dreadnought’.



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