George Rooke ca.1650-1709

Sir George ROOKE ca.1650-1709

Biographical Note

Of St Lawrence House, Canterbury, and Barham; admiral of the fleet.

Characteristic Markings

Used an engraved armorial bookplate dated 1702.

Sources

• 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. *366.