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100 1 $aGwyn, Julian.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98083898
245 13 $aAn admiral for America :$bSir Peter Warren, Vice Admiral of the Red, 1703-1752 /$cJulian Gwyn ; foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene A. Smith.
260 $aGainesville :$bUniversity Press of Florida,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $axiv, 228 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aNew perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [209]-217) and index.
520 1 $a"Sir Peter Warren, one of the most imaginative officers in the history of the British Navy, played a key role in the defense and expansion of British naval power in colonial America. In this biography, Julian Gwyn, an authority on Warren, describes Warren's military vision and sympathetic view of colonial life as well as his frustrated political aspirations and entrepreneurial real-estate ventures in both New York and England." "Born into an Irish Catholic family, Warren signed on as a seaman at age thirteen and rapidly advanced in rank in the Royal Navy, a new profession in the early 1700s. Through the turmoil and warfare of the mid-eighteenth century, Warren cruised up and down the North American coast from one theater of conflict to the next, becoming particularly associated with colonial New York, New England, South Carolina, and the West Indies. He participated in the failed siege of St. Augustine in 1740, commanded the North American Squadron when it was first created in 1745, and cooperated with American forces at the successful siege of Fort Louisbourg in Nova Scotia. He also helped to plan the conquest of Canada, which in 1746 proved to be abortive, and served in the Western Squadron until 1748, contributing to the humiliation of the French Navy at the conclusion of the French and Indian War." "With his marriage to New Yorker Susannah DeLancey, Warren became part of the social and commercial life of New York. Rich with prize money from his naval career, he also became a prominent landowner with property in Manhattan that later became Greenwich Village. Though he hoped his in-laws' connections and his English patrons would help his bid to become governor of New York, he forfeited a promising career in politics in 1749 by opposing his patrons on a proposed naval reform bill." "Warren died suddenly in Dublin during an interlude of peace, while he was negotiating extensive land purchases. His widow enjoyed his wealth and reflected naval glory - he had achieved the rank of Vice Admiral of the Red and was a member of Parliament - and his American-born children married into English aristocracy."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aWarren, Peter,$cSir,$d1703-1752.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87926961
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Naval$y18th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056846
650 0 $aAdmirals$zGreat Britain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100641
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yKing George's War, 1744-1748.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140136
651 0 $aLouisbourg (N.S.)$xHistory$ySiege, 1745.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002233
830 0 $aNew perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00024001
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