George Rooke, English admiral and politician (born 1650)

George Rooke

Royal Navy officer and politician (1650–1709)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke was an Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, he conveyed Prince William of Orange to England and…