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See also:WARREN, See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:BORLASE, See also:BART . (1753-1822), See also:English See also:admiral, was See also:born at Stapleford, See also:Nottinghamshire, on the 2nd of See also:September 1753, being the son and See also:heir of John Boriase Warren (d. 1775) of Stapleford and Little See also:Marlow. He was educated at See also:Emmanuel See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and in 1771 entered the See also:navy as an able See also:seaman; in 1774 he became member of See also:parliament for Marlow; and in 1775 he was created a See also:baronet, the baronetcy held by his ancestors, the Borlases, having become See also:extinct in 1689. His career as a seaman really began in 1777, and two years later he obtained command of a See also:ship. In See also:April 1794, in See also:charge of a See also:squadron of frigates, Warren captured three See also:French frigates, and in similar ways he did excellent service for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in protecting See also:British See also:trade. In 1796 he is said to have captured or destroyed 220 vessels. Perhaps his best See also:deed in the service was the defeat in See also:October 1798 of a French See also:fleet, carrying 5000 men, which it was intended to See also:land in See also:Ireland, a See also:plan which he completely frustrated. In 1802 he was sent to St See also:Petersburg as See also:ambassador extraordinary, but he did not forsake the See also:sea, and in 18o6 he captured a large French See also:war-ship, the " See also:Marengo." He became an admiral in 181o, and was See also:commander-in-See also:chief on the See also:North See also:American station in 1813—1814. He died on the 27th of See also:February 1822. His two sons predeceased their See also:father, and his daughter and heiress, Frances Maria (1784—1837), married See also:George See also:Charles Venables-See also:Vernon, 4th See also:Lord Vernon (1779—1835). Their son was George John Warren Vernon, 5th Lord Vernon (1803—1866).
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