See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

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

GEORGE See also:

• SIR GEORGE ROOKE (1650-1709)

ROOKE (1650-1709)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury in 165o . Entering the See also:

• NAVY

navy as a volunteer, he served in the Dutch See also:

• WARS

Wars and became See also:

• POST

post-See also:

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

captain in 1673 . After the Revolution of 1688, he commanded The See also:

• BIRD

bird, however, does not inhabit See also:

• ICELAND (Dan. Island)

Iceland, and the See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language to which the name belongs would perhaps be more correctly termed Old See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic . From this word is said to come the See also:

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

French Freux . There are many See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German names of the same origin, such as See also:

• ROOKE, SIR GEORGE (1650-1709)

Rooke, Rouch, Ruch and others, but the bird is generally known in See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany as the Saat-Krdhe, i.e. See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed-( = See also:

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

corn-)See also:

• CROW (Dutch, kraal, Ger. Krdhe, Fr. corbeau, Lat. corvus)

crow . 2 This is the more noteworthy as the See also:

• DISTRICT

district in which he was born and educated is almost the only See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in which the See also:

• ROOK (O.E. Hr6c, Icel. Hr6kr,1 Swed. Mika, Du. Roek, Gael. Rocas)

rook breeds . See also:

• SHELLEY, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1797-1851)
• SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822)

Shelley also very truly speaks of the "legioned rooks " to which he stood listening " See also:

• MID

mid the mountains Euganean." II • 9 ,, the See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron which raised the See also:

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

siege of See also:

• LONDONDERRY
• LONDONDERRY, CHARLES WILLIAM STEWART (VANE), 3RD MARQUESS
• LONDONDERRY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• LONDONDERRY, or DERRY
• LONDONDERRY, ROBERT STEWART, 2ND MARQUESS OF (1769-1822)

Londonderry in 1689 . He became See also:

• REAR

rear-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral in 169o, and fought at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Beachy See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

Head . In May of 1692 he served under See also:

• RUSSELL (FAMILY)
• RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
• RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
• RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
• RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
• RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
• RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
• RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
• RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
• RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )

Russell at the battle of See also:

• BARFLEUR

Barfleur, and he greatly distinguished himself in a See also:

• NIGHT

night attack on the French See also:

• FLEET

fleet at La Hogue, when he succeeded in burning six of their See also:

• SHIPS

ships . Shortly afterwards he received the 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 of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood and a See also:

• REWARD

reward of £r000 . In 1693 he commanded the See also:

• SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna See also:

• CONVOY

convoy, which was scattered and partly taken by the French admiral See also:

• TOURVILLE

Tourville near See also:

• LAGOS

Lagos See also:

• BAY

Bay . Till the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of Nymwegen(1697), he continued to serve in the Channel and Mediterranean .

In 1702 he commanded the expedition against See also:

• CADIZ
• CADIZ (Cadiz)
• CADIZ (in Lat. Gades, and formerly called Cales by the English)

Cadiz, and on the passage See also:

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

home destroyed the See also:

• PLATE

Plate fleet in See also:

• VIGO

Vigo . With See also:

• SIR

Sir Cloudesley See also:

• SHOVEL (O.E. scoff, from root of scufan, to shove, push, cf. Ger. Schaufel, also Schiippe, scoop)
• SHOVEL, SIR CLOUDESLEY [or CLOWDISLEY SHOVELL as he seems to have spelt the name himself] (c. 1650-1707)

Shovel he took part in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar on the 21st of See also:

• JULY

July 1704 . On the 13th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August of the same See also:

• YEAR

year he attacked the French fleet off See also:

• MALAGA

Malaga, the battle being See also:

• DRAWN

drawn . On See also:

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

account of the dissatisfaction expressed indirectly at the result of the contest, he retired from the service in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1705 . He died on the 24th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1709 . Rooke's See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal for 1700—2 has been printed by the Navy See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

Record Society .