Peter Warren

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Peter Warren was an 18th-century Irish-born British naval officer who rose to prominence for his leadership in colonial North American campaigns and later became a wealthy landowner and politician.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Royal Navy officer ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Naval promotions for service at Louisbourg ⓘ
birthDate 1703-03-10 ⓘ
birthPlace County Meath ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1752-07-29 ⓘ
employer Royal Navy ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish ⓘ
familyName Warren ⓘ
genreOfActivity colonial administration ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
givenName Peter ⓘ
hasMonument memorial in Westminster Abbey ⓘ
heritage Irish-born British officer ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
influenced British naval strategy in North America ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryConflict Anglo-French conflicts in North America ⓘ
militaryRank Vice admiral ⓘ
notableAchievement Commanded British naval forces at the Siege of Louisbourg in 1745 ⓘ
notableFor accumulation of substantial landholdings in the American colonies ⓘ
leadership in colonial North American naval campaigns ⓘ
service as MP for Westminster in the mid-18th century ⓘ
notableWork Siege of Louisbourg (1745) ⓘ
surface form: Capture of Louisbourg (1745)

Siege of Louisbourg (1745) ⓘ
occupation landowner ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
owned land in what is now Greenwich Village ⓘ
large estates in New York ⓘ
participatedIn King George's War ⓘ
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
politicalAlignment British Whig politics ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Westminster ⓘ
relative James De Lancey ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
Westminster ⓘ
spouse Susannah De Lancey ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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