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Admiral Clowdisley Shovell went to sea as a cabin boy under the care of his kinsman Sir Christopher Myngs. He rose quickly through the ranks, and by 1674 was lieutenant under Sir John Narborough in the Mediterranean, where he burned four men-of-war under the castles and walls of Tripoli. In 1690 he was made rear admiral, and in 1704 was appointed commander-in-chief of the British fleets ...
Sir Cloudesley Shovell was born at Cockthorpe in Norfolk in 1650. He joined the navy at the age of 13 serving under Vice Admiral Christopher Myngs and later secured patronage of the Admiral Sir John Narborough, who died of fever in 1688 leaving behind wife Elizabeth, two sons, and a daughter.
Shovell, Cloudesley See details Commemorations. 18th Century Wars (1700-1799) Total names on memorial: 1 Served and returned: 0 Died: 1 Exact count: yes Information shown: Rank, title, forename, surname Order of information: Rank, title, forename, surname; Components. Sculpture Measurements: height C6100 mm Materials: Marble; Listing information
2. 1675-96: Romney of the Mote Collection (the papers of Sir John Narbrough, Sir Cloudesley Shovell, George Orton and Captain John Hill) National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive. REG14/000588. See Annual Return 2015. 3. corresp and papers (88 items) Huntington Library. See Guide 1982.
Cloudesley Shovell began his life at sea as John Narborough’s cabin boy. After Cloudesley Shovell’s death(do I need to explain his death or is that written about elsewhere on the website?) she did not remarry and continued to live on at May Place, the estate north of St Paulinus Church Crayford, which Cloudesley Shovell had purchased in 1694, until her death in 1732.
primary name:Shovell, Cloudesley. other name:(Sir) Shovell, Clowdisley. Details. individual; military/naval; politician/statesman; British; Male. Life dates. 1650-1707. Biography. Admiral and MP for Rochester, born Norfolk; fought in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession; died after his ship was wrecked off the Isles of Scilly.
Born in the village of Cockthorpe in the County of Norfolk in 1650, Cloudesley Shovell was to rise from a humble birth to become one of the leading and finest Admirals of the age. He left home at the age of 12 to be a cabin boy in the service of Christopher Myngs, and was soon in action off the West Indies against the Spanish treasure ships on their way home laden with bullion from their South ...
