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ROOKE, SIR GEORGE (1650-1709)

This article appears in Volume V23, Page 706 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: RON-SAC
ROOKE, SIR GEORGE (1650-1709) , English naval
commander
 , was born near Canterbury in 165o. Entering the navy as a volunteer, he served in the Dutch Wars and became post-captain in 1673. After the Revolution of 1688, he commanded
The bird, however, does not inhabit Iceland, and the language to which the name belongs would perhaps be more correctly termed Old Teutonic. From this word is said to come the French Freux. There are many local German names of the same origin, such as
Rooke
 , Rouch, Ruch and others, but the bird is generally known in Germany as the Saat-Krdhe, i.e. seed-( = corn-)
crow
 .
2 This is the more noteworthy as the
district
  in which he was born and educated is almost the only part of Italy in which the rook breeds. Shelley also very truly speaks of the "legioned rooks " to which he stood listening " mid the mountains Euganean."
II
9 ,,
the
squadron
  which raised the siege of Londonderry in 1689. He became rear-admiral in 169o, and fought at the battle of Beachy Head. In May of 1692 he served under Russell at the battle of Barfleur, and he greatly distinguished himself in a night attack on the French
fleet
  at La Hogue, when he succeeded in burning six of their ships. Shortly afterwards he received the honour of
knighthood
  and a reward of r000. In 1693 he commanded the Smyrna
convoy
 , which was scattered and partly taken by the French admiral Tourville near Lagos Bay. Till the peace of Nymwegen(1697), he continued to serve in the Channel and Mediterranean. In 1702 he commanded the expedition against Cadiz, and on the passage home destroyed the Plate
fleet
  in
Vigo
 . With Sir Cloudesley Shovel he took part in the capture of Gibraltar on the 21st of July 1704. On the 13th of August of the same year he attacked the French fleet off Malaga, the battle being
drawn
 . On account of the dissatisfaction expressed indirectly at the result of the contest, he retired from the service in February 1705. He died on the 24th of January 1709.
Rooke
 's Journal for 17002 has been printed by the Navy Record Society.


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