Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Admiral of the Blue Sir Henry Digby GCB (20 January 1770 – 19 August 1842) was a senior British naval officer, who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in the Royal Navy. Born into a long established naval family, his uncle was the famous Admiral Robert Digby, Henry went to sea at the end of the American Revolutionary War aged fourteen.As a Lieutenant aboard HMS Pallas, he received a commendation for rescuing the crew of a burning ship.. }
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- Henry_Digby_(Royal_Navy_officer) comment "Admiral of the Blue Sir Henry Digby GCB (20 January 1770 – 19 August 1842) was a senior British naval officer, who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in the Royal Navy. Born into a long established naval family, his uncle was the famous Admiral Robert Digby, Henry went to sea at the end of the American Revolutionary War aged fourteen.As a Lieutenant aboard HMS Pallas, he received a commendation for rescuing the crew of a burning ship.".