236 The Dockyard at Woolwich (1066). . . . . [See No. 201.] R. Paton.
Woolwich church is seen in the centre background; the dock buildings are on the right.
237 Admiral Sir John Jennings (11) . . . . . After Kneller by Bockman.
Knighted by Queen Anne in 1704, died in 1743, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
238 Admiral John Benbow . . . . . After Kneller by Bockman.
He was given the command of a ship by James, Duke of York, for his bravery. In 1702, when in command of the West India squadron, he sustained, almost alone, the fire of the whole French fleet under Du Casse; his cowardly officers, two of whom were afterwards tried by court-martial and shot, having basely deserted him. He died at Jamaica very soon afterwards from a wound received in the action.
239 Admiral George Churchill (10). . . . . After Kneller by Bockman.
A brother of the Duke of Marlborough’s. He died in 1708.
240 Admiral Sir G. Bing, Viscount Torrington (7) . . . . . After Kneller by Bockman.
The celebrated admiral of the reigns of Queen Anne and George I. He was especially distinguished for his services against the Pretender, and for his great victory over the Spanish off Sicily in 1718. His son was the famous Admiral Byng, who was shot, as Voltaire said, “pour encourager les autres.”