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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
1833Jan, 23

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (b. 1757)
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (19 April 1757 – 23 January 1833) was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother Israel Pellew also pursued a naval career.

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