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    Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG (1765 – 10 January 1842), known as "The Sweeper of the Seas", was an Anglo-Irish naval officer who commanded...
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    his son Vice Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, his grandson Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, his grandson Admiral Sir Charles Rowley and his grandson Admiral of the...
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  • admiral Joshua Rowley (1734–1790), British Royal Navy vice admiral Josias Rowley (1765–1842), British Royal Navy admiral William Rowley (Royal Navy officer)...
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  • Rowley may refer to: Rowley, Alberta Rowley Island, Nunavut Rowley, County Durham, a hamlet Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England Rowley, Shropshire...
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    the attention of a squadron of Royal Navy ships under Commodore Josias Rowley. Rowley had responded by raiding the fortified anchorage of Saint Paul on...
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    authorities sought to reinforce the squadron on Île Bourbon under Commodore Josias Rowley by ordering all available ships to the region, but this piecemeal reinforcement...
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  • were William Rowley who sat as MP for Kinsale, Josias Rowley, a naval officer who rose to the rank of Admiral; and Samuel Campbell Rowley, who served as...
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    Mauritius was captured on 3 December 1810 by the British under Commodore Josias Rowley. British possession of the island was confirmed four years later by...
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    Admiral Albemarle Bertie at the Cape of Good Hope ordered Commodore Josias Rowley to blockade the French islands and prevent their use as raiding bases...
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    continued until 1810, when a Royal Navy expedition led by Commodore Josias Rowley, R.N., an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, was sent to capture the island. Despite...
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