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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Edward Vernon

1684 - 1757

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Admiral Edward Vernon (12 November 1684 – 30 October 1757) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He had a long and distinguished career, rising to the rank of admiral after 46 years service. As a vice admiral during the War of Jenkins' Ear, in 1739 he was responsible for the capture of Portobelo, Panama, seen as expunging the failure of Admiral Hosier there in a previous conflict. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Vernon has received more than 272,147 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Vernon is the 894th most popular military personnel (down from 787th in 2019), the 1,642nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,554th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Edward Vernon ranks 894 out of 1,468. Before him are Xanthippus of Carthage, Alexander Haig, Artabazos I of Phrygia, Wolfgang Lotz, Oskar von Hutier, and Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra. After him are Heinrich Ehrler, Joseph Stilwell, Cristóvão da Gama, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Isamu Chō, and Clearchus of Sparta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1684, Edward Vernon ranks 9. Before him are Ludvig Holberg, Maria Barbara Bach, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Francesco Durante, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and Johann Gottfried Walther. After him are Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Robert Maynard, Jean Astruc, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, and Matthias Bel. Among people deceased in 1757, Edward Vernon ranks 14. Before him are Rosalba Carriera, Robert-François Damiens, Siraj ud-Daulah, 7th Dalai Lama, David Hartley, and Amursana. After him are Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Antoine Pesne, Johann Samuel König, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, and Daniel Gran.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Vernon ranks 1,642 out of 7,765. Before him are Colin Davis (1927), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), David Lodge (1935), Stephen Rea (1946), Ida Lupino (1918), and Walter Crane (1845). After him are Robert Powell (1944), Eileen Essell (1922), Mitch Mitchell (1947), John Mandeville (1300), David Moyes (1963), and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Edward Vernon ranks 30. Before him are Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Melita Norwood (1912), Joseph Boxhall (1884), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), and Bertram Ramsay (1883). After him are Harold Bride (1890), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Robert Maynard (1684), Robert Blake (1599), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), and Arthur Rostron (1869).

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