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	Sir George Rooke - LoveToKnow 1911
		SIR GEORGE ROOKE (1650-1709), English naval commander, was born near Canterbury in 1650.
		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.
		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.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sir_George_Rooke (379 words)

	History of Gibraltar - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		George Rooke, the commander of the Anglo-Dutch fleet that conquered Gibraltar on behalf of the Archduke Charles
		A brigade of Dutch and British Marines, 1,800 strong, under the command of Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, chief commander of the Alliance Army in Spain, began to besiege Gibraltar, in the name of the Archduke Charles.
		From the 18th century, Spanish sources reported that immediately after the takeover of the city, Sir George Rooke, the British admiral, on his own initiative caused the British flag to be hoisted, and took possession of the Rock in name of Queen Anne, whose government ratified the occupation.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/History_of_Gibraltar (6548 words)

	The Gibraltar Magazine
		When Admiral George Rooke held a council of war in July of 1704 to discuss the capture of Gibraltar one of his top commanders was firmly against the idea.
		Byng’s hesitation only made Rooke more resolved and it was reported that “with a twinkle in his eye he assigned the command of the attacking force to the leader of the opposition”, Byng.
		George Byng was born in Kent in 1663.
	www.gibnet.gi /~gibmag/gc.html (1012 words)

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		George Fairburn, on the other hand, was the son of a much smaller man, of one, in truth, who had by his energy and thrift become the proprietor of a small pit, of which he himself acted as manager.
		George understood, and cautiously but rapidly edging his way along the broad leaden gutter behind the parapet, he drew the girl, by this time conscious once more, but dazed with fright, to the outlying portion of the roof, which was as yet untouched by the flames.
		George had had a bad quarter of an hour at the parting from his parents, but by the time the vessel felt the swell of the open sea he was full of spirits again.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/13817/13817.txt (23632 words)

	Loony Lenny Online: Gibraltar for Kids
		Rooke left some 2000 marines and sailors to help Hesse while he took most of the fleet across to Tetuan (just south of Ceuta) fo take on food and water.
		Rooke feared that they had slipped past him in the night and had made their way to Gibraltar.
		Rooke rushed back to defend Gibraltar but as he neared the Rock he received the news that the French fleet had sailed in the opposite direction back to Toulon where they declared that they had defeated the English at Malaga.
	www.gibconnect.com /~loonylenny/tercentenary/1704_malaga/1704_malaga.htm (346 words)

	The Galileo Project
		George Rooke, of Monkshorton, Kent, was a member of the gentry.
		Although there is no explicit word on his financial status, Lawrence Rooke was able to "retire" to his estate for three years (1647-50) because of ill health and then to stay in Wadham College, Oxford, as a fellow commoner for two further years (1650-2).
		It was in Rooke's chambers at Gresham College that the group of interested men would gather in the late 50s, and there the Royal Society (though it was not yet so named while he was alive) was organized in 1660.
	galileo.rice.edu /Catalog/NewFiles/rooke.html (463 words)

	KENT RESOURCES: Canterbury Cathedral - Admiral Sir George Rooke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Rooke family once had an estate at St. Lawrence in Canterbury next to the area which is the Kent County Cricket grounds.
		The Memorial for Admiral Sir George Rooke is, as the name implies, only a memorial.
		Sir George was famous for his actions in the taking of Gibraltar for The Crown in 1704 and was promoted to Rear Admiral "of The Red" as a result.
	www.digiserve.com /peter/rooke.htm (201 words)

	George Rooke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Admiral Sir George Rooke, 1650–1709 by Michael Dahl, painted c.
		Sir George Rooke (1650 – January 24, 1709), English naval commander, was born near Canterbury in 1650.
		Entering the navy as a volunteer, he served in the Dutch Wars and became post captain in 1673.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Rooke (293 words)

	Rooke, Sir George - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		ROOKE, SIR GEORGE [Rooke, Sir George], 1650-1709, English admiral.
		In the War of the Grand Alliance he defeated a French fleet under the comte de Tourville in the battle of La Hogue (1692) and by good judgment saved part of his convoy from Tourville's attack off Cape St. Vincent (1693).
		In the War of the Spanish Succession his expedition to Cádiz in 1702 was unsuccessful, but he destroyed the Spanish silver fleet off Vigo, captured Gibraltar (1704), and won over superior French forces at Málaga (1704).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/r/rooke-s1i.asp (214 words)

	Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Genealogy Report: Eight Generations of Rooke - Rook - Rooks Family, ...
		George Rooke, an eminent Quaker minister of Ireland, son of Thomas, was born at Boltonwood (parish of Boulton) in Cumberland, England, in 1652.
		THOMAS ROOKE was born in 1814, in Pennsylvania.
		Levi R. ROOKE, "Raby", was born in 1849, and died in 1935.
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/r/o/o/Mark--Jana--Rooke/GENE759-0006.html (2838 words)

	Loony Lenny Online: Gibraltar for Kids
		Accompanying the fleet was Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt as the representative of the Archduke Charles of Austria who was claiming the Spanish throne as Charles III.
		He gave Admiral George Byng the responsibility of putting the Marines ashore, with Captain Edward Whitaker in overall charge of the longboats necessary for this.
		Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt took possession of Gibraltar in the name of Charles III and raised the flag of the Spanish Habsburgs.
	www.gibconnect.com /~loonylenny/tercentenary/1704_attack/1704_attack.htm (1061 words)

	Sir Clowdisley Shovell
		Vice-admiral Rooke has given me a very good character of several men employed in the boats, and I have ordered him to give me a list of the names of such persons whose behaviour was remarkable, in order to their reward.
		After the departure of Sir George Rooke, intelligence was received by the Court, that the French were equipping with all possible haste a squadron at Brest.
		On the resignation of Sir George Rooke, Sir Cloudesley was made Rear- admiral of England, and appointed admiral and commander of the fleet.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/3682/csbionavchron.html (10071 words)

	The Vigo - Traditional Pub Grub in Birtley
		Rooke had been sent with a large Anglo-Dutch force to capture Cádiz in Spain but retreated in defeat on 29 September 1702.
		On October 23 Rooke attacked, sending Admiral Thomas Hopsonn on the Torbay to break the boom, and landing the soldiers of the Duke of Ormonde to capture the forts.
		The battle was a complete victory for Rooke: the forts were captured, Torbay broke through the boom, and all the Spanish and French ships were burned by their own side, run aground or captured.
	www.thevigoinn.co.uk (454 words)

	NavyList
		James II, at the close of his reign, entrusted the supreme command of the fleet to George Legg, Lord Dartmouth, who may be regarded as the first of the Admirals of the Fleet.
		George Rooke, was made Admiral of the Fleet in 1696.
		Rooke was followed in 1705 by Sir Clowdisley Shovell, who perished in 1707.
	www.mariners-l.co.uk /UKNavyList.htm (941 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 Empire - Gibraltar
		Rooke's men quickly raised the British flag (not yet the Union Flag) and Rooke claimed the Rock in the name of Queen Anne.
		Already a rear admiral in 1692, Rooke distinguished himself at the battle of Cape La Hogue as a subordinate commander when the French were defeated, thus also defeating the chance of James II invading England to reclaim his throne.
		In the end, because of politics, not of inability, Rooke was vilified.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/history/empire/episodes/episode_27.shtml (732 words)

	pmbatsb.html
		Left are some suggestions for joining the red cross of St George with the white saltire of St Andrew in a flag uniting England and Scotland under the Stuarts, before the design in the canton of the right-hand ensign below was adopted, in the early 17th century.
		The St George's cross remained unchanged in the canton of the ensign until 1707.
		Death of George I. Accession of George II.
	www.cichw.net /pmbatsb.html (835 words)

	Rooke Collection
		Robert, Charles, and George Rooke were born in England and moved with their parents William and Hannah Rooke to Saskatchewan to homestead.
		In 1900 Robert Rooke joined the Lord Strathcona Horse, the same day that his brother Charles joined up and both brothers served in South Africa.
		They returned to Canada early 1901, re-enlisted at the end of December with the Canadian Mounted Rifles, along with their brother George, and served in South Africa until the end of the war.
	web.mala.bc.ca /davies/letters.images/Rooke/rooke.collection.htm (95 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of With Marlborough to Malplaquet, by Herbert Strang and Richard Stead
		George bounded across the grass like a hare, and bolted into the house without ceremony, for he now perceived smoke issuing from several of the front windows.
		George glanced at the futile old couple, then cast his eye upwards, to the various stretches of the grand staircase which could be seen from the well below.
		George set his teeth, placed one arm round the child's slender form, gripped hard a handful of the pliant boughs, and dropped over the parapet, Mary closing her eyes in her mortal fright.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/3/8/1/13817/13817-h/13817-h.htm (23259 words)

	thePeerage.com - Exhibit
		In 1706, in command of the St. George, he was again in the Mediterranean with Sir Clowdisley Shovell, was prominently engaged in the siege of Toulon, August 1707, and, coming to England in company with the commander-in-chief, had a very narrow escape of sharing his unhappy fate, 22 Oct. [see Shovell, Sir Clowdisley].
		On 26 Jan. 1707-8, he was raised to flag rank; possibly, as is said, as vice-admiral of the blue; and presently hoisted his flag on board the Berwick as second in command under Sir George Byng during the operations in the Forth and on the coast of Scotland in 1708.
		From this office he was removed in 1711, but was reappointed on the accession of George I. On 16 April 1717 he was appointed first lord commissioner of the admiralty, and continued in that post for ten years, till the death of the king.
	www.thepeerage.com /e304.htm (543 words)

	Descendants of John Ward
		Served with Admiral Sir George Rooke and Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt in the British capture of Gibraltar, Jul 1704.
		In 1820, with partner William FITZHUGH, George established the Isle of Wight Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, the first steamer service between Cowes and Southampton and a predecessor of the Red Funnel ferry service, which still operates.
		George Henry WARD, of Northwood Park, Northwood, b.
	www.mit.edu /~dfm/genealogy/ward.html (947 words)

	British Empire: The Map Room: Europe: Gibraltar
		The capture was made, as the war was being fought, in the interests of Charles, archduke of Austria, but Sir George Rooke, the British admiral, on his own responsibility caused the British flag to be hoisted, and took possession in name of Queen Anne, whose government ratified the occupation.
		Neither in the War of the Austrian Succession nor in that of 1762 did Spain endeavour to besiege the rock, but the War of American Independence gave her better opportunities, and the great siege of 1779-1783 is justly regarded as one of the most memorable sieges in history.
		The governor, General Sir George Augustus Elliot Heathfield), was informed from England on the 6th of July 1779 that hostilities had begun.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /maproom/gibraltar.htm (674 words)

	cars - Cloudesley Shovel
		In 1690 he convoyed William III across St George's Channel to Ireland; the same year he was made rear-admiral of the blue, and was present at the Battle of Beachy Head on July 10.
		In 1692 he was appointed Rear Admiral of the Red, and joined Admiral Russell, under whom he greatly distinguished himself at La Hogue, by being the first to break through the enemy's line.
		In 1702 he brought home the spoils of the French and Spanish fleets from Vigo, after their capture by Sir George Rooke, and in 1704 he served under Sir George Rooke in the Mediterranean and cooperated in the taking of Gibraltar.
	www.carluvers.com /cars/Cloudsley_Shovel (438 words)

	Untitled Document
		The creation of artist George Rodrigue is usually seen in more festive surroundings.
		George Rodrigue plans to unveil a painting titled "We Will Rise Again," with the goal of raising $5 million for the Southeast Louisiana Chapter of the...
		George Rodrigue is determined that the blue dog, along with the rest of New Orleans, will rise again.
	www.georgerodrigue.com /2005.htm (351 words)

	Update No 035
		The Rooke nursery was one of the oldest customers of the South pottery.
		George Rooke, with Henry Cull, had founded his nursery in Tottenham and, later, in 1902, moved to Cheshunt.
		In 1912, Samuel South(1) gave George Rooke an impressive ornamental pottery urn and stand supported on a pottery plinth.
	www.samuelsouth.btinternet.co.uk /update035.htm (1111 words)

	Ships of the 18th Cent. Royal Navy C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		LEAKE's squadron of Sir Cloudesly SHOVEL's fleet in the Mediterranean, and in 1704 with the fleet under Sir George ROOKE which sailed from Gibraltar on 9 August and soon sighted the French fleet.
		George RODNEY sent to destroy flat-bottomed boats and supplies gathering at Le Havre to prepare for the invasion of England.
		George DOILEY (or DORLEY), who was promoted to the prize from being a lieutenant in the TARTAR frigate for his conspicuous gallantry during her capture.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /18c.HTM (9455 words)

	BALLITORE PAPERS (OSB MSS 50) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Rooke, George, 1652-1742 + 30 ALS to Joshua Carleton, [v.p.] 1709 Mar- 1731 Jul Letters discuss personal matters.
		ALS to Mary Leadbeater, Dublin 1769 Aug Letter is from grandfather to granddaughter giving his blessing and recognizing her writing ability.
		Several postscripts by other family members are included, as well as poems by Sarah Shackelton and a letter written by Gustavius Vassa [Olaudah Equiano] to the Society of Friends thanking them for publishing A Caution to Gt.
	webtext.library.yale.edu /beinflat/osborn.BALLITOR.HTM (1678 words)

	Admiral Sir John Balchen
		The sixth and last child to be born was George in about 1717 between the Diamond and Orford Guardship appointments.
		George Balchen followed in his father's footsteps by joining the Navy, and rose to be a Captain.
		One such squadron, in command of George Ansonia, was allocated the Pacific Ocean, with orders to disrupt the Spanish trade routes and capture as much booty as possible.
	www.manfamily.org /admiral_sir_john_balchen.htm (6935 words)

	Why is Gibraltar British
		As George Hills points out in his book, Rock of Contention, the idea that Gibraltar became 'British' in 1704 is an oversimplification.
		Overall command was vested in the Austrian Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt and the mission as a whole was being undertaken for 'Charles III' of Austria.
		Throughout 1702-4, Rooke had orders that if his primary targets were unassailable he was to take Gibraltar.
	www.discovergibraltar.com /other/history/question/answr1.htm (685 words)

	Admiral sir Jhon Balchen
		On 12th October 1702 he took part in a raid on French and Spanish ships in Vigo harbour in Spain, and managed to capture a large 56 gun French vessel, the Modéré, which he brought home as a prize of war.
		Shortly after the accession of Queen Anne in 1702 Captain Balchen was promoted to command the 44-gun Adventure in which he patrolled home waters, mainly between Yarmouth and Portsmouth, for the next two years.
		On 19th March 1704 he was further promoted to the 50-gun Chester and sent to the Guinea Coast, narrowly missing Sir George Rooke's dramatic capture of Gibraltar in July of that year.
	sapiens.ya.com /rojea/balchen.htm (530 words)

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