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Rodney, George Brydges, 1st Baron Rodney

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Rodney, George Brydges, 1st Baron Rodney (1718–1792)

British admiral. In 1762 he captured Martinique, St Lucia, and Grenada from the French. In 1780 he relieved Gibraltar by defeating a Spanish squadron off Cape St Vincent. In 1782 he crushed the French fleet under Count de Grasse off Dominica, for which he was raised to the peerage. He had become a baronet in 1764.



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