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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.
The Blake Museum works closely with the Bridgwater Heritage Group, which was established in 2012 by the late Dr Peter Cattermole [12] to publish detailed illustrated accounts online of the town's lost buildings. Dr Cattermole was the museum's first Honorary Curator after its return to the town council, in 2009.
The Blake Statue in Bridgwater, Somerset, England was unveiled in 1900 to commemorate naval commander Robert Blake. The hollow bronze life size sculpture was crafted by F. W. Pomeroy . It is a Grade II* listed building .
Admiral Robert Blake (1598–1657) was born in Bridgwater, and attended the local grammar school (Bridgwater Grammar School For Boys). His home is now the Blake Museum and contains details of his career amongst its exhibits of local history and archaeology. [169]
Admiral Robert Blake [15] Sir Thomas Wroth: 1653 Bridgwater was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament: 1654: Admiral Robert Blake: Bridgwater had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate: 1656: Sir Thomas Wroth: January 1659: John Wroth: May 1659: One seat vacant: April 1660 Francis Rolle: 1661 Edmund Wyndham ...
Admiral Robert Blake: Bridgwater 1898: F. W. Pomeroy: Statue on pedestal ... Bridgwater Town Council: Q30625603: More images: Willow Man 2000 [34] Serena de la Hey ...
Plainsfield was a centre for weaving and pottery, the manor having been held by the family of Admiral Robert Blake from around 1600. [4] In the 1830s three-quarters of the land of the parish was bought by Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton who built Quantock Lodge as his home which later became a school.
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was a military operation in the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60) which took place on 20 April 1657. An English fleet under Admiral Robert Blake penetrated the heavily defended harbour at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands and attacked their treasure fleet.
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