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Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, GCB (10 August 1753 – 25 February 1818) was a Royal Navy officer. An admiral, he was highly popular yet controversial in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain.
Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley 1753-1818. He was born on 10 August 1753, the second surviving son of Augustus, the 4th Earl of Berkeley, and of his wife Elizabeth Drax.
BERKELEY, Hon. George Cranfield (1753-1818), of Wood End, nr. Chichester, Suss. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986. Available from Boydell and Brewer. Constituency. Dates. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 28 Apr. 1783 - Apr. 1810. Family and Education.
10 de ene. de 2011 · george cranfield berkeley, rear-admiral of the red squadron The Naval Chronicle Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects
After his education at Eton College, George Cranfield Berkeley entered the Royal Navy in 1766. From 1767 to 1769 he served on the Guernsey under Hugh Palliser* at Newfoundland, and in 1774 he was promoted lieutenant. In 1780 he became a captain, and the same year commanded the sloop Fairy off Newfoundland, capturing nine American privateers.
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George Cranfield Berkeley (1753-1818) served in the Royal Navy from 1766 to 1812. In 1799 he was appointed Rear-Admiral and in 1805 he became a Vice-Admiral. In 1810, he was promoted to the rank of Admiral, and in acknowledgement of his services to Portugal was named Lord High Admiral of the Portuguese Navy.
George Cranfield Berkeley (1753-1818) served in the British Navy from 1766 to 1812. In 1799 he was appointed Rear-Admiral and in 1805 he became a Vice-Admiral. In December 1808 he was appointed to the chief command on the coast of Portugal and in the Tagus, which he held until May 1812.
