George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician (died 1792)

George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator (1718–1792)

Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB, was a Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. It is often…