John Benbow
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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
1701 portrait of Benbow by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Thomas Murray's triple portrait of Thomas Phillips (left), John Benbow (centre) and Sir Ralph Delaval (right). The three had been important figures in British fleet operations against the north coast of France during 1692–93.
Benbow's attack on Saint-Malo, where he blew up the machine ship Vesuvius, 1693
Benbow's bombardment of Dieppe in July 1694
Sayes Court
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Sayes Court was a manor house and garden in Deptford, in the London Borough of Lewisham on the Thames Path and in the former parish of St Nicholas. Sayes Court once attracted throngs to visit its cele
Sayes Court Park in 2008
The Pension Office, Deptford Dockyard, in 1869.
Vandalised oak sapling, planted to mark the key role Octavia Hill and Sayes Court played in the formation of the National Trust.
Now disused and overgrown; in 1951 there were flower beds and a small pool fed by a spout in the form of a frog here.