Cloudesley Shovell
Naval officer
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and then at the Battle of Texel during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain he fought at the Battle of Bantry... Wikipedia
Born: November 1650, Cockthorpe, United Kingdom
Died: October 22, 1707 (age 56 years), Isles of Scilly
Place of burial: Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom
Children: Elizabeth Shovell and Anne Shovel
Spouse: Elizabeth Hill (m. 1691)
Grandchildren: Robert Marsham, 2nd Baron Romney, Frederick Carmichael, Elizabeth Marsham, and more
Parents: Anne Jenkinson and John Shovell, of Cockthorpe