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  1. Admiral of the Fleet George Clinton (c. 1686 – 10 July 1761) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Benefiting from the patronage of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, he served as a naval captain during the 1720s and 1730s.

  2. Biography – CLINTON, GEORGE – Volume III (1741-1770) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. CLINTON, GEORGE, officer in the Royal Navy, governor of Newfoundland and New York; b. c. 1686 in Oxfordshire, England, second son of Francis Fiennes Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln, and Susan Penniston; m. Anne Carle and had six children, of whom three ...

  3. Admiral of the Fleet The Hon. George Clinton (c.1686 – 10 July 1761) was a British naval officer and political leader who served as the colonial governor of Newfoundland in 1731 and New York from 1743 to 1753. He was the younger son of the 6th Earl of Lincoln, within the Clinton family lineage.

  4. Governor, 1731. George Clinton was born in Oxfordshire, England, c. 1686, son of Francis Fiennes Clinton, the sixth earl of Lincoln. He joined the Royal Navy in 1707 and became a captain in 1716. In 1731, Clinton was appointed Governor of Newfoundland as well as commodore of the fleet. He was the first officer to hold both titles.

  5. 19 de mai. de 2023 · Admiral of the Fleet The Hon. George Clinton (c.1686 – 10 July 1761) was a British naval officer and political leader who served as the colonial governor of Newfoundland in 1731 and of New York from 1743 to 1753. George Clinton was the younger son of the 6th Earl of Lincoln, within the honoured Clinton family lineage.

  6. Admiral of the Fleet George Clinton was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Benefiting from the patronage of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, he served as a naval captain during the 1720s and 1730s.

  7. 7 de abr. de 2024 · George Clinton saw service in the Royal Navy, attaining the highest of naval ranks as Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean in 1737, Admiral in 1747 and Admiral of the Fleet in 1757. He built a significant career as a result of Pelham-Holles' patronage.