| LC control no. | n 87883378 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Duckworth, John Thomas, Sir |
| Variant(s) | Duckworth, J. T. (John Thomas), Sir, 1748-1817 |
| Birth date | 1748?-02-09 |
| Death date | 1817-08 |
| Found in | Whiteley, W.H. Duckworth's Newfoundland, 1985: p. facing t.p. (Sir J. T. Duckworth) NLC, 4/1/86 (AACR 2: Duckworth, John Thomas, Sir) Papers and correspondence of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 2022. Heritage, Newfoundland & Labrador website, viewed January 24, 2022 (Duckworth, Sir John Thomas (1748-1817); Governor, 1810-1812; born on February 9, 1747/48 in Leatherhead, England and joined the Royal Navy by age eleven; became a lieutenant in 1771, captain in 1780, and in 1793 commander of the Orion, 74 guns; In 1799 he was promoted admiral of the white; Duckworth was knighted in 1801 and was promoted Vice-Admiral in 1804; March 26th, 1810 Duckworth was appointed commander-in-chief and governor of Newfoundland, and promoted to full admiral; Duckworth left Newfoundland in October 1812 and became a member of parliament for New Romney; He became a baronet on November 2, 1813, and commander-in-chief of Plymouth naval base in 1815; He died in August, 1817) <https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/naval-john-duckworth.php> |
| Associated language | eng |
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