Old Dreadnought

E273963
human nickname

Old Dreadnought was the famous nickname of British Admiral Edward Boscawen, renowned for his aggressive naval command during the 18th century.

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Label Occurrences
Old Dreadnought canonical 2

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
birthDate 1711-08-19 ⓘ
birthPlace Tregothnan ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1761-01-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Hatchlands Park ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
familyName Boscawen ⓘ
father Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
honorificPrefix Admiral ⓘ
memberOf Parliament of England ⓘ
surface form: British Parliament
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryConflict Seven Years' War ⓘ
War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral ⓘ
mother Charlotte Godfrey ⓘ
nickname Old Dreadnought self-linksurface differs ⓘ
nobleTitle The Honourable ⓘ
notableFor Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) ⓘ
Battle of Lagos ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Lagos (1759)

Siege of Louisbourg (1758) ⓘ
aggressive naval command ⓘ
service in the Seven Years' War ⓘ
service in the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
notableWork capture of Louisbourg in 1758 ⓘ
defeat of the French fleet off Lagos in 1759 ⓘ
occupation admiral ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Truro ⓘ
partOf British naval leadership during the Seven Years' War ⓘ
positionHeld Admiral of the Blue ⓘ
Admiral of the White ⓘ
Commissioner of the Admiralty ⓘ
surface form: Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
refersTo Edward Boscawen ⓘ
residence Hatchlands Park ⓘ
Tregothnan ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Frances Glanville ⓘ
surface form: Frances Evelyn Glanville

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Edward Boscawen → nickname → Old Dreadnought ⓘ
Old Dreadnought → nickname → Old Dreadnought self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward Boscawen