MILITARY PERSONNEL

Robert Blake

1599 - 1657

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Robert Blake (27 September 1598 – 7 August 1657) was an English naval officer who served as general at sea and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1656 to 1657. Blake served under Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War and Anglo-Spanish War, and as the commanding Admiral of the State's Navy during the First Anglo-Dutch War. Blake is recognized as the "chief founder of England's naval supremacy", a dominance subsequently inherited by the British Royal Navy well into the early 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Blake has received more than 172,820 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robert Blake is the 999th most popular military personnel (down from 948th in 2019), the 1,693rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,751st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert Blake ranks 999 out of 2,058. Before him are Matteo I Visconti, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Gaius Laelius, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Alime Abdenanova, and Heinrich Bär. After him are Nagakura Shinpachi, Paddy Roy Bates, Quintus Titurius Sabinus, Semyon Bogdanov, Tomoji Tanabe, and Eugen Ritter von Schobert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1599, Robert Blake ranks 14. Before him are Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Adriaen van Utrecht, Pieter van Laer, Ottavio Piccolomini, Andrea Sacchi, and John Berchmans. After him are Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Prasat Thong, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, and Marie of the Incarnation. Among people deceased in 1657, Robert Blake ranks 14. Before him are Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Jacob van Campen, Laura Mancini, Andrew Bobola, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, and Hayashi Razan. After him are Olimpia Maidalchini, Jacob van Eyck, Menasseh Ben Israel, Johann Baptist Cysat, Evert van Aelst, and Bartholomeus Breenbergh.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Blake ranks 1,693 out of 8,785. Before him are David Tennant (1971), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Robert Brown (1921), Christina Rossetti (1830), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), and Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868). After him are Charles Hatchett (1765), John Barbirolli (1899), William Renshaw (1861), Robert Pattinson (1986), Mitch Mitchell (1947), and Paddy Roy Bates (1921).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Robert Blake ranks 33. Before him are Jack Phillips (1887), Robert Maynard (1684), Henry Tandey (1891), Henry Allingham (1896), Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), and John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852). After him are Paddy Roy Bates (1921), George Rooke (1650), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), John Fastolf (1380), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), and Horatio Gates (1727).

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