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MYNGS, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1625–1666)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 113 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MYNGS, See also:SIR See also:CHRISTOPHER (1625–1666) , See also:British See also:admiral, came of a See also:Norfolk See also:family. See also:Pepys' See also:story of his humble See also:birth is said to be erroneous. It is probable that he saw a See also:good See also:deal of See also:sea-service before 1648. He first appears prominently as the See also:captain of the " Elisabeth," which after a See also:sharp See also:action brought in a Dutch See also:convoy with two men-of-See also:war as prizes. From 1653 to 1655 he continued to command the " Elisabeth," high in favour with the See also:council of See also:state and recommended for promotion by the See also:flag See also:officers under whom he served. In 1655 he was appointed to the See also:Marston See also:Moor," the See also:crew of which was on the See also:verge of See also:mutiny. His See also:firm See also:measures quelled the insubordinate spirit, and he took the See also:vessel out to the See also:West Indies, where he remained for some years. The Restoration See also:government retained him in his command, and in 1664 he was made See also:vice-admiral in See also:Prince See also:Rupert's See also:squadron. As vice-admiral of the See also:White he flew his flag at See also:Lowestoft in 1665, and for his See also:share in that action received the See also:honour of See also:knighthood. In the following See also:year he served under the new See also:lord high admiral, See also:Sandwich, as vice-admiral of the See also:Blue. He was on detachment with Prince Rupert when the See also:great Four Days' See also:Battle began, but returned to the See also:main See also:fleet in See also:time to take See also:part, and in this action he received a See also:wound of which he died.

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