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James Cornewall
Captain (Royal Navy), Captain James Cornewall (1698 – 11 February 1744) was an officer in the British Royal Navy who became a national hero following his death at the Battle of Toulon (1744), Battle of Toulon in 1744. His monument in Westminster Abbey was the first ever to be erected by Parliament at public expense. Early life and career He was born in 1698, the youngest son of Henry Cornewall (died 1717), Henry Cornewall and his second wife Susanna, and was baptised at Moccas on 17 November 1698. His naval career began as a Volunteer-per-order, serving first upon from March 1721 before transferring to in December of the same year. Three years later he was given his first independent command, being promoted to become captain of the Fifth-rate on 3 April 1724. He spent four years aboard this ship, principally in the waters off Boston, protecting trade and suppressing piracy. John Knox Laughton compares this phase of his life to "the opening chapters of James Fenimore Cooper, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moccas
Moccas is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English county of Herefordshire. It is located west of Hereford. The population of the civil parish taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 105. The parish is mainly farmland with a number of woods, including Woodbury Hill Wood and the Moccas Park Deer Park (though mostly in Dorstone parish). The Church of England parish church, parish church of St Michael is well known as the site of the very early Wales, Welsh Moccas Monastery, founded by Saint Dubricius in the 6th century, as recorded in the ''Book of Llandaff''. The church has a notable monument to the de Fresnes family, lords of the manor in the 14th century. Moccas Court, north of the village, replaced the old manor house which once stood next to the church. It is a fine Georgian architecture, Georgian country house, now a hotel, built between 1776 and 1783 for the Cornewall baronets, Cornewall family by the architect Anthony K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
