See also:AYSCUE (erroneously See also:ASKEW or AYSCOUCU), See also:SIR See also:GEORGE (d. 1671)
, See also:British See also:admiral, came of an old See also:Lincolnshire See also:family
.
Beyond the fact that he was knighted by See also:Charles I., nothing is known of his career until in 1646 he received a See also:naval command
.
Through the latter years of the first See also:civil See also:war, See also:Ayscue seems to have acted as one of the See also:senior See also:officers of the See also:fleet
.
In 1648, when See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Batten went over to See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland with a portion of his See also:squadron, Ayscue's See also:influence kept a large See also:part of the fleet loyal to the See also:Parliament, and in See also:reward for this service he was appointed the following See also:year admiral of the Irish Seas
.
For his conduct at the See also:relief of See also:Dublin he received the thanks of Parliament, and in 1651 he was employed under See also:Blake in the operations for the reduction of Scilly
.
He was next sent to the See also:West Indies in See also:charge of a squadron destined for the See also:conquest of Barbadoes and the other islands still under royalist See also:control
.
This task successfully accomplished, he returned to take part in the first Dutch War
.
In this he played a prominent part, but the in-decisive See also:battle off See also:Plymouth (See also:August 16th, 1652) cost him his command, though an See also:annuity was assigned him
.
For some years Sir See also:George Ayscue lived in retirement, but the later years of the See also:Commonwealth he spent in See also:Sweden, See also:Cromwell having despatched him thither as naval adviser
.
At the Restoration he returned, and became one of the commissioners of the See also:navy, but on the outbreak of the second Dutch War in 1664 he once more hoisted his See also:flag as See also:rear-admiral of the See also:Blue, and took part in the battle of See also:Lowestoft (See also:June 3rd, 1665)
.
In the See also:great Four Days' Battle (June 11th-14th, 1666) he served with Monck as admiral of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White
.
His See also:flagship, the " See also:Prince Royal," was taken on the third See also:day, and he himself remained a prisoner in Holland till the See also:peace
.
It seems doubtful whether he ever again flew his flag at See also:sea, and the date of his See also:death is supposed to be 1671
.
See also:Lely's portrait of Sir George Ayscue is in the Painted See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall at See also:Greenwich
.
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