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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.
John Oldmixon (1673 – 9 July 1742) was an English historian.. He was a son of John Oldmixon of Oldmixon, Weston-super-Mare in Somerset. [1] He was brought up by the family of Admiral Robert Blake in Bridgwater and later became involved in trade through the port of Bristol.
Admiral Sir John Lawson, part of the Flagmen of Lowestoft series by Sir Peter Lely. Sir John Lawson (born ca. 1615–1665 Scarborough, North Yorkshire) was an English naval officer and republican who served in a number of campaigns, including the First Anglo-Dutch War under Admiral Robert Blake, [1] and the Second Anglo-Dutch War in which he died in battle.
Following the death of Deane, Blake and Monck continued to serve alone until 3 December 1653, when Parliament decided to increase the number of generals at sea to four, with a quorum of two, appointing Major-General John Desborow and Vice-Admiral William Penn (who had been recommended by Monck, [7] and who was the first sailor, rather than the ...
[4] The collection includes materials relating to Blake's life. Although it is commonly used, Robert Blake's name was never prefixed by "Admiral", which was not used in the Parliamentarian navy; his actual rank of General at Sea combined the role of an Admiral and Commissioner of the Navy. [5] Notable features of the museum include Blake's sea ...
Triumph of 1562 was the first vessel of record to hold the name. She was a 60-gun English galleon built in Deptford in 1561–62 and launched in October 1562, and once the flagship of Admiral Robert Blake. With a nominal burden of 1000 tons, she was the largest ship built in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
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With Admiral Robert Blake blockading the remaining Royalist fleet under Prince Rupert of the Rhine in Kinsale, Cromwell landed on 15 August with thirty-five ships filled with troops and equipment. Henry Ireton landed two days later with a further seventy-seven ships. [6] Ormonde's troops retreated from around Dublin in disarray.