Henry Digby (Royal Navy officer)
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title:
Henry Digby (Royal Navy officer)
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Admiral Sir Henry Digby GCB was a senior British naval officer, who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in the Royal Navy. Born into a long-established naval family, his uncle was the famous Admiral Robert Digby, Henry went to sea at the end of the American Revolutionary War aged fourteen. As a lieutenant aboard HMS Pallas, he received a commendation for rescuing the crew of a burning ship. Promoted to commander in August 1795 and captain in December 1796, Digby established a
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British naval officer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Digby_(Royal_Navy_officer)
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2006-10-03T09:08:23Z
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2024-08-29T07:36:55Z
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