See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• BRYDGES, SIR SAMUEL EGERTON (1762-1837)

BRYDGES See also:

• BARON GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY RODNEY (1718—1792)

RODNEY RODNEY (1718—1792)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, second son of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• RODNEY, GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, BARON (1718—1792)

Rodney of RODNEY See also:

• WALTON, BRIAN (1600-1661)
• WALTON, IZAAK (1593-1683)

Walton-on-See also:

• THAMES

Thames, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1718 . His See also:

• FATHER

father had served in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain under the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• PETERBOROUGH

Peterborough, and on quitting the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army served as See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in a marine See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps which was disbanded in 1713 . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George was sent to See also:

• HARROW

Harrow, being appointed, on leaving, by See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant dated the 21st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1732, a volunteer on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board the " See also:

• SUNDERLAND
• SUNDERLAND, CHARLES SPENCER, 3RD EARL OF (c. 1674-1722)
• SUNDERLAND, ROBERT SPENCER, 2ND EARL OF (1640-17o2); English politician, was the only son of Henry Spencer (162o--1643)

Sunderland." While serving on the Mediterranean station he was made See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant in the " See also:

• DOLPHIN

Dolphin," his promotion dating the 15th of February 1739 . In 1742 he attained the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• POST

post-captain, having been appointed to the " See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth " on the 9th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . After serving in See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters, he obtained command of the " See also:

• EAGLE (Fr. aigle, from the Lat. aquila)

Eagle " (6o), and in this See also:

• SHIP

ship took See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• HAWKE
• HAWKE, EDWARD HAWKE, BARON (1705-1781)

Hawke's victory off See also:

• USHANT (Fr. Ouessant)

Ushant (14th See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1747) over the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FLEET

fleet . On that See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day Rodney gained his first laurels for gallantry, under a See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief to whom he was in a measure indebted for subsequent success . On the 9th of May 1749 he was appointed See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor and See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-chief of See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland, with the rank of See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

commodore, it being usual at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to appoint a See also:

• NAVAL

naval officer, chiefly on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery interests . He was elected M.P. for See also:

• SALTASH

Saltash in 1751, and married his first wife, Jane See also:

• COMPTON, HENRY (1632-1713)

Compton (173o-1757), See also:

• SISTER

sister of the 7th earl of See also:

• NORTHAMPTON
• NORTHAMPTON, ASSIZE OF
• NORTHAMPTON, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Northampton, in 1753 . During the Seven Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War Rodney rendered important services . In 1757 he had a See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the expedition against See also:

• ROCHEFORT
• ROCHEFORT, HENRI, MARQUIS DE

Rochefort, commanding the " See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin " (74) . Next See also:

• YEAR

year, in the same ship, he served under See also:

• BOSCAWEN, EDWARD (1711-1761)

Boscawen at the taking of See also:

• LOUISBURG

Louisburg (Cape See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton) . On the 19th of May 1759 he became a See also:

• REAR

rear-admiral, and was shortly after given command of a small See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron intended to destroy a large number of See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-bottomed boats and stores which were being collected at See also:

• HAVRE
• HAVRE, LE

Havre for an invasion of the English coasts .

He bombarded the See also:

• TOWN

town for two days and nights, and inflicted See also:

• GREAT

great loss of war-material on the enemy . In See also:

• JULY

July 176o, with another small squadron, he succeeded in taking many more of the enemy's flat-bottomed boats and in blockading the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast as far as See also:

• DIEPPE

Dieppe . Elected M.P. for See also:

• PENRYN

Penryn in 1761, he was in October of that year appointed commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands station, and within the first three months of 1762 had reduced the important See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• MARTINIQUE

Martinique, while both St See also:

• LUCIA (or LucY), ST

Lucia and See also:

• GRENADA

Grenada had surrendered to his squadron . During the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Fort Royal (now Fort de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France) his See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-men and See also:

• MARINES (from Lat. mare, sea)

marines rendered splendid service on See also:

• SHORE

shore . At the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of 1763 Admiral Rodney returned home, having been during his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence made See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral of the See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

Blue and having received the thanks of both houses of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament . In 1764 Rodney was created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet, and the same year he married Henrietta, daughter of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Clies of See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon . From 1765 to 1770 he was governor of See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital, and on the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of parliament in 1768 he successfully contested Northampton at a ruinous cost . When appointed commanderin-chief of the See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica station in 1771 he lost his Greenwich post, but a few months later received the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of rear-admiral of Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . Till 1774 he held the Jamaica command, and during a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of quiet was active in improving the naval yards on his station . See also:

• SIR

Sir George struck his See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag with a feeling of disappointment at not obtaining the governorship of Jamaica, and was shortly after forced to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

Election expenses and losses at See also:

• PLAY

play in fashionable circles had shattered his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, and he could not secure See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of the See also:

• SALARY

salary as rear-admiral of Great Britain . In February 1778, having just been promoted 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, he used every possible exertion to obtain a command, to See also:

• FREE

free himself from his See also:

• MONEY

money difficulties .

By May he had, through the splendid generosity of his Parisian friend See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal See also:

• BIRON, ARMAND DE GONTAUT, BARON DE (1524-1592)

Biron, effected the latter task, and accordingly he returned to See also:

• LONDON

London with his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . The See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt was repaid out of the arrears due to him on his return . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story that he was offered a French command is fiction . Sir George was appointed once more commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands See also:

• LATE

late in 1779 . His orders were to relieve See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar en his way to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies . He captured a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• CONVOY

convoy off Cape Finisterre on the 8th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 178o, and eight days later defeated the Spanish admiral See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Juan de Langara off Cape St See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

Vincent, taking or destroying seven See also:

• SHIPS

ships . On the 17th of See also:

• APRIL

April an See also:

• ACTION

action, which, owing to the carelessness of some of Rodney's captains, was indecisive, was fought off Martinique with the French admiral See also:

• GUICHEN, LUC URBAIN DE BOUEXIC, COMTE DE (1712—1790)

Guichen . Rodney, acting under orders, captured the valuable Dutch island of St Eustatius on the 3rd of February 1781 . It had been a great See also:

• ENTREPOT (a French word, from the Lat. interpositum, that which is placed between)

entrepot of neutral See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and was full of See also:

• BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

booty, which Rodney confiscated . As large quantities belonged to English merchants, he was entangled in a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of costly lawsuits . After a few months in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, recruiting his See also:

• HEALTH

health and defending himself in Parliament, Sir George returned to his command in February 1782, and a See also:

• RUNNING

running engagement with the French fleet on the 9th of April led up to his crowning victory off See also:

• DOMINICA

Dominica, when on the 12th of April with See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-five See also:

• SAIL

sail of the See also:

• LINE

line he defeated the See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de See also:

• GRASSE
• GRASSE, FRANCOIS JOSEPH PAUL, MARQUIS DE GRASSETILLY, COMTE DE (1722-1788)

Grasse, who had thirty-three sail . The French inferiority in See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers was more than counterbalanced by the greater See also:

• SIZE

size and See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior sailing qualities of their ships, yet five were taken and one sunk, after eleven See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours' fighting .

This important See also:

• BATTLE

battle paved Jamaica and ruined French naval See also:

• PRESTIGE

prestige, while it enabled Rodney to write: " Within two little years I have taken two Spanish, one French and one Dutch admirals." A See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and wearisome controversy exists as to the originator of the manceuvre of " breaking the line " in this battle, but the merits of the victory have never seriously been affected by any difference of See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion on the question . A shift of See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke the French line of battle, and See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage was taken of this by the English ships in two places . Rodney arrived home in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August to receive unbounded See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour from his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . He had already been created See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke, See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, by patent of the 19th of June 1782, and the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons had voted him a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £2000 a year . From this time he led a quiet country See also:

• LIFE

life till his See also:

• DEATH

death, which occurred on the 24th of May 1792, in London . He was succeeded as 2nd baron by his son, George (1753-1802), from whom the See also:

• PRESENT

present baron is descended . Rodney was unquestionably a most able officer, but he was also vain, selfish and unscrupulous, both in seeking See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize money, and in using his position to push the fortunes of his See also:

• FAMILY

family . He made his son a post-captain at fifteen . He was accused' by his second-in-command, See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood, of sacrificing the See also:

• INTEREST

interest of the service to his own profit, and of showing want of See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy in pursuit of the French on the 12th of April 1782 . It must be remembered that he was then prematurely old and racked by disease . See See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Mundy, Life and See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence of Admiral See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Rodney (2 vols., 1830); See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• HANNAY, JAMES (1827—1873)

Hannay, Life of Rodney; Rodney letters in 9th See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report of Hist . See also:

• MSS

MSS .

See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

Corn., pt. iii . ; " See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs," in Naval See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle, i . 353—93 ; and See also:

• CHARNOCK (or CHERNOCK), ROBERT (c.1663–1696)
• CHARNOCK, JOB (d. 1693)

Charnock, Biographia Navalis, v . 204—28 . Lord Rodney published in his lifetime (probably 1789) Letters to His See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's Ministers, &c., relative to St Eustatius, &'c., of which there is a copy in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum . Most of these letters are printed in Mundy's Life, vol. ii., though with many variant readings .