Admiral Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet was a British naval officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1752 to 1756. Serving in the Royal Navy during th
Portrait by Thomas Hudson, c. 1748
Portrait of Knowles as governor of Louisbourg
The Battle of Havana, at which Knowles won a partial victory
Knowles' first son Edward
War of Jenkins' Ear
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The War of Jenkins' Ear was fought between Great Britain and Spain from 1739 to 1748. Most of the fighting took place in New Granada and the Caribbean Sea, with major operations over by 1742. It is co
Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet
…naval officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from 1752 to 1756. Serving in the Royal Navy during the War of Jenkins' Ear, War of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years' War, he also briefly served in the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774…
Ruins of the fortress of San Jeronimo, Portobelo
Spanish admiral Don Blas de Lezo 1741
Fortress of San Lorenzo el Real Chagres
Castillo San Felipe de Barajas (Cartagena). This fortress, though incomplete during the war, was integral to Spain's effort to maintain the link with its colonies via the Atlantic sea lanes.