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Admiral Sir Edward Vernon (30 October 1723 – 16 June 1794) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station. Naval career [ edit ] Born the fourth son of Henry Vernon and Penelope Vernon (née Phillips) and educated at the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth , Vernon joined the Royal Navy in 1739 when he was appointed a Volunteer-per-order on Portland . [1]
This portrait. Thomas Gainsborough's portrait shows Admiral Edward 'Old Grog' Vernon (1684-1757). He led the capture of the Spanish colonial possession of Porto Bello (now in Panama) during the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739. Vernon's greatest claim to fame, was his 1740 order that his crew's rum rations should be diluted with water and have lemon ...
In August 1740 issued an order forbidding the issuing of raw spirits to ships' companies (as had been the practice in the Caribbean and East Indies); the rum mixed with water that was issued instead became known as "grog" after the grogram boat-cloak that Vernon habitually wore. In the mid 1740s was involved in a pamphlet war with the admiralty over various naval matters and was relieved of ...
Edward Vernon Buck nació en Queen Square, Westminster, Londres, el 12 de noviembre de 1684, segundo hijo de James y Mary Vernon. Era, por tanto, cinco años mayor que nuestro Blas de Lezo. Su padre, James Vernon, pertenecía a la burguesía acomodada inglesa y había desempeñado varios cargos de cierta importancia en la época (fue secretario del rey Guillermo III).
9. Apr. 2024 · El objetivo de Edward Vernon era penetrar en la bahía de Cartagena y poner sitio a la ciudad hasta conquistarla. Los británicos sitian la ciudad La bahía de Cartagena de Indias tenía dos accesos: el de Bocagrande, cerrado con cadenas por los españoles, y el de Bocachica, guardado por dos poderosos fuertes, los de San José y San Luis.
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