Richard Deane (regicide)
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Richard Deane was an English military officer who supported the Parliamentarian cause in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He was a General at Sea, major-general and one of the regicides of Charles I.
Richard Deane, 1610–1 June 1653, General at Sea by Robert Walker, painted c. 1653.
Robert Blake (admiral)
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General at Sea Robert Blake was an English naval officer who served as general at sea and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1656 to 1657. Blake served under Oliver Cromwell during the English C
Richard Deane (regicide)
…activities were now required for the navy. In 1649 the office of Lord High Admiral was put into commission. The first commissioners were Edward Popham, Robert Blake and Deane, with the title of generals-at-sea. His command at sea was interrupted in 1651, when as major-general he was brought back to the army and…
Portrait by Henry Perronet Briggs, 1829
Battle of the Kentish Knock was a major English victory.
Blake's flagship George at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1657
Statue of Robert Blake in Bridgwater, Somerset