Old Grog

E105445

British admiral alcoholic beverage human naval ration nickname

Old Grog was the nickname of British Admiral Edward Vernon, known for his role in the Royal Navy and for introducing diluted rum rations to sailors.

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Label	Occurrences
Old Grog canonical	4

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British admiral ⓘ alcoholic beverage ⓘ human ⓘ naval ration ⓘ nickname ⓘ
allegiance	Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1684-11-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1757-10-30 ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
implementedPolicy	dilution of sailors' rum with water ⓘ
influenced	Royal Navy rum ration practices ⓘ
influencedBy	Edward Vernon ⓘ
inspiredTerm	grog ⓘ
introduced	diluted rum ration for sailors ⓘ
introducedBy	Edward Vernon ⓘ
knownFor	attack on Portobelo in 1739 ⓘ naval command during the War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	Admiral of the Blue ⓘ Vice Admiral of the Red ⓘ
namedAfter	Edward Vernon ⓘ Old Grog self-linksurface differs ⓘ
nickname	Old Grog self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableFor	association with the origin of grog ⓘ introduction of diluted rum rations in the Royal Navy ⓘ service in the Royal Navy ⓘ
occupation	naval officer ⓘ
parliamentaryRole	Member of Parliament ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ Nacton ⓘ Suffolk ⓘ
policyPurpose	improve discipline in the Royal Navy ⓘ reduce drunkenness among sailors ⓘ
positionHeld	Admiral in the Royal Navy ⓘ
rank	Admiral ⓘ
reasonForNickname	habit of wearing a grogram cloak ⓘ
refersTo	Edward Vernon ⓘ
residence	England ⓘ
servedIn	War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Admiral Edward Vernon → hasNickname → Old Grog ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Vernon

Old Grog → nickname → Old Grog self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Vernon

Old Grog → namedAfter → Old Grog self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: grog

Edward Vernon → nickname → Old Grog ⓘ