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About Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet
Admiral of the Blue Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB was a Royal Navy officer, colonial administrator and politician who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812. In addition to serving as the governor of Newfoundland, he was also a member of the British House of Commons during his semi-retirement. Duckworth, a vicar's son, achieved much in a naval career that began at the age of 11.
Everything about Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet →- Occupation
- politician, naval officer, cabin boy
- Position held
- member of the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- February 9, 1748, February 28, 1748
- Died
- August 31, 1817