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- Edward_Vernon abstract "Edward Vernon ("Old Grog") (12 November 1684 – 30 October 1757) was an English naval officer. Vernon was born in Westminster, England and went to Westminster School. He joined the Navy in 1700 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1702 and served on several different ships for the next five years. He was appointed Captain in 1706, taking command of HMS Rye, part of the fleet of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. With HMS Rye he narrowly escaped the Scilly naval disaster of 1707 in which Shovell and nearly 2,000 sailors were lost. In the next ten years Vernon was on half pay for half of this time. In May 1728 he took up parliamentary duties and the case of Robert Jenkins, who was alleged to have had his ear cut off by Spanish coastguards in the Caribbean. This led to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739 in which Vice Admiral Vernon led a fleet along with Major General Thomas Wentworth. Vernon captured Porto Bello a Spanish colonial possession, as a result of which, he was granted the Freedom of the City of London. However, Vernon's next campaign against the Spanish, a large-scale assault on Cartagena de Indias in 1741 ended in disaster. This was the biggest amphibious attack until the Invasion of Normandy in 1944: in Cartagena the British fleet of 186 ships and almost 27,000 men was defeated by a garrison of 3,500 men and 6 ships of the line commanded by the one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged, Spanish admiral Blas de Lezo. The strategic defense of the colonial port of Cartagena led to heavy British casualties and eventually a retreat to Jamaica. Following the disease outbreak and quarrels with Wentworth, Vernon returned to the UK to find he had been elected MP for Ipswich. However, the news of the Cartagena defeat eventually led to the collapse of Robert Walpole's government. Vernon maintained his Naval career for another four years before retiring in 1746. In an active Parliamentary career Vernon advocated an improvement in naval procedures and he continued to hold an interest in naval affairs until his death in 1757.".
- Edward_Vernon battle Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias.
- Edward_Vernon battle Battle_of_M%C3%A1laga_(1704).
- Edward_Vernon battle Battle_of_Porto_Bello.
- Edward_Vernon battle Capture_of_Gibraltar.
- Edward_Vernon battle Siege_of_Barcelona_(1705).
- Edward_Vernon battle War_of_Jenkins'_Ear.
- Edward_Vernon battle War_of_the_Spanish_Succession.
- Edward_Vernon birthDate "1684-11-12".
- Edward_Vernon birthPlace England.
- Edward_Vernon birthPlace London.
- Edward_Vernon birthPlace Westminster.
- Edward_Vernon birthYear "1684".
- Edward_Vernon deathDate "1757-10-30".
- Edward_Vernon deathPlace England.
- Edward_Vernon deathPlace Nacton.
- Edward_Vernon deathPlace Suffolk.
- Edward_Vernon deathYear "1757".
- Edward_Vernon militaryCommand "*".
- Edward_Vernon militaryCommand "*Commander-in-chief Jamaica".
- Edward_Vernon militaryCommand "*Commander-in-chief North Sea".
- Edward_Vernon militaryCommand "*HMS Dolphin".
- Edward_Vernon occupation Member_of_parliament.
- Edward_Vernon serviceEndYear "1746".
- Edward_Vernon serviceStartYear "1700".
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- Edward_Vernon after John_Clavering_(MP).
- Edward_Vernon after Thomas_Staunton.
- Edward_Vernon battles "*War of the Spanish Succession *:Capture of Gibraltar *:Battle of Vélez-Málaga *:Siege of Barcelona (1705) *War of Jenkins' Ear *:Battle of Porto Bello *:Battle of Cartagena de Indias".
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- Edward_Vernon before William_Wollaston_(Ipswich_MP_elected_1733).
- Edward_Vernon birthDate "1684-11-12".
- Edward_Vernon birthPlace England.
- Edward_Vernon birthPlace London.
- Edward_Vernon birthPlace Westminster.
- Edward_Vernon caption "Admiral Edward "Old Grog" Vernon. Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough".
- Edward_Vernon commands "*HMS Dolphin * * * * * * *Commander-in-chief Jamaica *Commander-in-chief North Sea".
- Edward_Vernon dateOfBirth "1684-11-12".
- Edward_Vernon dateOfDeath "1757-10-30".
- Edward_Vernon deathDate "1757-10-30".
- Edward_Vernon deathPlace Nacton.
- Edward_Vernon deathPlace Suffolk.
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- Edward_Vernon laterwork "*MP for Penryn *MP for Ipswich".
- Edward_Vernon name "Edward Vernon".
- Edward_Vernon name "Vernon, Edward".
- Edward_Vernon nickname ""Old Grog"".
- Edward_Vernon placeOfBirth "Westminster, London, England".
- Edward_Vernon placeOfDeath "Nacton, Suffolk, England".
- Edward_Vernon rank Admiral.
- Edward_Vernon serviceyears "1700".
- Edward_Vernon shortDescription "Royal Navy admiral".
- Edward_Vernon title "Member of Parliament for Ipswich".
- Edward_Vernon title "Member of Parliament for Penryn".
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- Edward_Vernon years "1722".
- Edward_Vernon years "1741".
- Edward_Vernon description "Royal Navy admiral".
- Edward_Vernon description "Royal Navy admiral".
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- Edward_Vernon subject Category:British_MPs_1722–27.
- Edward_Vernon subject Category:British_MPs_1727–34.
- Edward_Vernon subject Category:British_MPs_1741–47.
- Edward_Vernon subject Category:British_MPs_1747–54.
- Edward_Vernon subject Category:Members_of_the_Parliament_of_Great_Britain_for_English_constituencies.
- Edward_Vernon subject Category:People_educated_at_Westminster_School,_London.
- Edward_Vernon subject Category:People_from_Westminster.
- Edward_Vernon subject Category:Royal_Navy_admirals.
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