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)  , English naval commander, was born near Canterbury in 165o . Entering the navy as a volunteer, he served in the Dutch Wars and became post-captain in 1673 . After the Revolution of 1688, he commanded The bird, however, does not inhabit Iceland, and the language to which the name belongs would perhaps be more correctly termed Old Teutonic . From this word is said to come the French Freux . There are many local German names of the same origin, such as Rooke, Rouch, Ruch and others, but the bird is generally known in Germany as the Saat-Krdhe, i.e. seed-( = corn-)crow . 2 This is the more noteworthy as the district in which he was born and educated is almost the only part of Italy in which the rook breeds . Shelley also very truly speaks of the "legioned rooks " to which he stood listening " mid the mountains Euganean." II • 9 ,, the squadron which raised the siege of Londonderry in 1689 . He became rear-admiral in 169o, and fought at the battle of Beachy Head . In May of 1692 he served under Russell at the battle of Barfleur, and he greatly distinguished himself in a night attack on the French fleet at La Hogue, when he succeeded in burning six of their ships . Shortly afterwards he received the honour of knighthood and a reward of £r000 . In 1693 he commanded the Smyrna convoy, which was scattered and partly taken by the French admiral Tourville near Lagos Bay . Till the peace of Nymwegen(1697), he continued to serve in the Channel and Mediterranean .

In 1702 he commanded the expedition against

Cadiz, and on the passage home destroyed the Plate fleet in Vigo . With Sir Cloudesley Shovel he took part in the capture of Gibraltar on the 21st of July 1704 . On the 13th of August of the same year he attacked the French fleet off Malaga, the battle being drawn . On account of the dissatisfaction expressed indirectly at the result of the contest, he retired from the service in February 1705 . He died on the 24th of January 1709 . Rooke's Journal for 1700—2 has been printed by the Navy Record Society .