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John Benbow

1653 - 1702

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Vice-Admiral John Benbow (10 March 1653 – 4 November 1702) was an English Royal Navy officer. He joined the Navy in 1678, seeing action against Barbary pirates before leaving to join the Merchant Navy in which Benbow served until the 1688 Glorious Revolution, whereupon he returned to the Royal Navy and was commissioned. Benbow fought against the French Navy during the Nine Years' War, serving on and later commanding several English warships and taking part in the battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur and La Hogue in 1690 and 1692. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Benbow has received more than 211,942 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Benbow is the 1,728th most popular military personnel, the 3,239th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 84th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Benbow ranks 1,728 out of 2,058. Before him are Bartolina Sisa, Friedrich von Scholtz, Fernand de Langle de Cary, Philippicus, Neil Ritchie, and Dmitry Lavrinenko. After him are Alexander Gorbatov, Solomon, Oleksii Arestovych, Pyotr Gavrilov, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, and Harry Patch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1653, John Benbow ranks 16. Before him are Maria Amalia of Courland, Carlo Ruzzini, Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Caspar van Wittel, Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg, and Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg. After him is Muhammad Azam Shah. Among people deceased in 1702, John Benbow ranks 9. Before him are Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Jean Bart, Olaus Rudbeck, Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha, Zeb-un-Nissa, and Georg Eberhard Rumphius. After him is Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Benbow ranks 3,239 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter R. Hunt (1925), John Evans (1823), Lottie Dod (1871), John Lennard-Jones (1894), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341). After him are Wilfrid (634), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), Diana Dors (1931), Richard O'Brien (1942), Alan Bennett (1934), and Martin McGuinness (1950).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Benbow ranks 84. Before him are Timothy Laurence (1955), Roy Urquhart (1901), Tom Phillips (1888), Lawrence Oates (1880), Charles Lee (1731), and Frederick Browning (1896). After him are Harry Patch (1898), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Flora Sandes (1876), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), Miles Dempsey (1896), and John Byng (1704).

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