Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet
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Admiral of the Blue Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB was a Royal Navy officer, colonial administrator and politician who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812.
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Admiral of the Blue Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB was a Royal Navy officer, colonial administrator and politician who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812. In addition to serving as the governor of Newfoundland, he was also a member of the British House of Commons during his semi-retirement. Duckworth, a vicar's son, achieved much in a naval career that began at the age of 11.
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