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===[[personal title::Sir]] [[name::George]] [[name::ROOKE]] ca.[[date of birth::1650]]-[[date of death::1709]]=== | ===[[personal title::Sir]] [[name::George]] [[name::ROOKE]] ca.[[date of birth::1650]]-[[date of death::1709]]=== | ||
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Born at [[place of birth::Canterbury]], son of Colonel Sir [[family::William Rooke]], of [[location::St Lawrence House]] near Canterbury. He entered the [[organisations::Navy]] in 1672 and was at the Battle of [[location::Solebay]]; he subsequently developed a successful naval career, involved in numerous actions during the 1670s and 80s, and becoming a [[occupation::rear-admiral]] in 1689, and an [[occupation::admiral]] in 1693. He led the fleet which captured [[location::Gibraltar]] in 1704. He was [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Portsmouth]] 1698-1708, and knighted in 1693. | Born at [[place of birth::Canterbury]], son of Colonel Sir [[family::William Rooke]], of [[location::St Lawrence House]] near Canterbury. He entered the [[organisations::Navy]] in 1672 and was at the Battle of [[location::Solebay]]; he subsequently developed a successful naval career, involved in numerous actions during the 1670s and 80s, and becoming a [[occupation::rear-admiral]] in 1689, and an [[occupation::admiral]] in 1693. He led the fleet which captured [[location::Gibraltar]] in 1704. He was [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Portsmouth]] 1698-1708, and knighted in 1693. | ||
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Sir George ROOKE ca.1650-1709
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Biographical Note
Born at Canterbury, son of Colonel Sir William Rooke, of St Lawrence House near Canterbury. He entered the Navy in 1672 and was at the Battle of Solebay; he subsequently developed a successful naval career, involved in numerous actions during the 1670s and 80s, and becoming a rear-admiral in 1689, and an admiral in 1693. He led the fleet which captured Gibraltar in 1704. He was MP for Portsmouth 1698-1708, and knighted in 1693.
Characteristic Markings
Rooke used an engraved armorial bookplate dated 1702 (Franks *366). The extent and disposal of his library is not known; his lengthy will has no explicit reference to books.
Sources
- Will of Sir George Rooke, The National Archives PROB 11/506/398.
- Hattendorf, John B. '"Rooke, Sir George (c. 1650–1709), naval officer."' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.