Family and Education
bap. 13 Feb. 1719, 1st surv. s. of Henry Rodney of Walton-on-Thames, Surr. by Mary, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Newton, envoy to Tuscany and later judge of the court of Admiralty. educ. Harrow c.1730. m. (1) 31 Jan. 1753, Jane (d. 28 Jan. 1757), da. of Hon. Charles Compton of Eastbourne, Suss., sis. of Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, 2s.; (2) 1764, Henrietta, da. of John Clies of Lisbon, merchant, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1737, cr. Bt. 22 Jan. 1764; K.B. 14 Nov. 1780; Baron Rodney of Rodney Stoke, Som. 19 June 1782.
Offices Held
Entered R.N. as King’s letter boy 1732, lt. 1739, capt. 1742; gov. Newfoundland 1749 – 50; r.-adm. 1759; c.-in-c. Leeward Is. 1761 – 63; v.-adm. 1762; gov. Greenwich Hospital 1765 – 70; r.-adm. of Great Britain 1771; c.-in-c. Jamaica 1771 – 74; c.-in-c. Leeward Is. and Barbados 1779; v.-adm. of Great Britain 1781.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Great Alresford, Hants.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
RODNEY, George Brydges (1719-92)
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