Robert Jenkins

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Robert Jenkins was an 18th-century British sea captain whose alleged mutilation by Spanish coast guards became the pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
human
sea captain
allegedInjury ear cut off
associatedWith British Parliament
British merchant marine
Royal Navy
causeOf heightened tensions between Britain and Spain
public outrage in Britain against Spain
causeOfFame presentation of his severed ear to the British Parliament (according to tradition)
chronologicallyWithin 18th century
connectedTo Anglo-Spanish colonial rivalry
Caribbean maritime conflicts
countryInvolved Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Spain
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 18th century
dateOfDeath 18th century
ethnicGroup English
fieldOfWork maritime trade
hasAllegation that Spanish coast guards boarded his ship
that Spanish coast guards cut off his ear
that Spanish coast guards tortured him
hasPart severed ear (allegedly preserved)
hasStoryRetoldIn 18th-century British press
British political speeches
historicalAuthenticity partly disputed
languageSpoken English
narrativeRole symbolic victim of Spanish cruelty in British propaganda
notableEvent alleged mutilation by Spanish coast guards
notableFor being the namesake of the War of Jenkins' Ear
occupation sea captain
participantIn events leading to the War of Jenkins' Ear
partOf British maritime history
history of Anglo-Spanish wars
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
pretextFor War of Jenkins' Ear
sexOrGender male
victimOf Guardia Civil
surface form: Spanish coast guards

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War of Jenkins' Ear namedAfter Robert Jenkins
Guerra del Asiento actorRelevante Robert Jenkins