John Benbow, English admiral (born 1653)

John Benbow

Royal Navy officer (1653–1702)

Vice-Admiral of the White John Benbow was a Royal Navy officer. He joined the Navy in 1678, seeing action against Barbary pirates before leaving to join the Merchant Navy in which Benbow served until the 1688 Glorious Revolution, whereupon he returned to the Royal Navy and was…