About Phillips Cosby
Lived 1729 – 1808 (aged 78–79). Phillips Cosby was a naval officer.
Admiral Phillips Cosby (c. 1729 – 10 January 1808) was a Royal Navy officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
Naval career Cosby joined the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman in 1747. He was given command of a schooner at the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758 and was present at the capture of Quebec in 1759.
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1785, Commander-in-Chief at Cork in 1790, and Port Admiral at Plymouth in 1792.
Family In 1792 he married Eliza Hurst, née Gunthorpe.
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Who was Phillips Cosby?
Royal Navy admiral (1729-1808)
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Phillips Cosby was born in 1729.
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Phillips Cosby died in 1808.
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Phillips Cosby was a naval officer.
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