About Edward Whitaker
Lived 1660 – 1735 (aged 74–75). Edward Whitaker was a British naval officer.
Sir Edward Whitaker (1660 – 20 November 1735) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Spanish Succession and is known for his role in the Capture of Gibraltar and the Battle of Málaga in 1704.
Life Edward Whitaker was born in 1660. He joined the Royal Navy and he was promoted to a lieutenant of on 16 October 1688 under Matthew Aylmer. The following year the two of them had moved to and on 15 May 1690 Whitaker became captain of his first command, the 44-gun . For three years he and his crew captured many French privateers and supporting prize money. On 27 September 1692 he married Ann Stephens of Leigh on Essex.
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officer of the British Royal Navy (1660-1735)
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Edward Whitaker died on 20 November 1735.
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Edward Whitaker was a naval officer.
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