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Edward St. Lo (died 14 April 1729) was a

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officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the

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. He may have been the son of the Commissioner of the Navy, George St. Lo.

Naval career

St. Lo was promoted to

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on 9 September 1703 on appointment to the command of the

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HMS ''Pendennis''. He transferred to the command of the

fifth-rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower. Rating The rating system in the Royal N ...

HMS ''Dolphin'' in September 1704, of the fifth-rate HMS ''Gosport'' (1696) in 1706. Following his acquittal at court martial for the loss of the ''Gosport'' to the French third-rank ship ''Jason'', he commanded the fifth-rate HMS ''Tartar'' in 1707. He went on to receive the command the

HMS ''Salisbury Prize'' in 1708, of the

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HMS ''Defiance'' in 1711 and of the third-rate HMS ''Prince Frederick'' in 1719. After that he took command of the third-rate HMS ''Breda'' in 1723 and of the third-rate HMS ''Northumberland'' later that year. St. Lo became Commander-in-Chief of the

, with his flag in the third-rate HMS ''Superb'', in August 1727,Cundall, p. xx following the death of Admiral

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from tropical diseases, in charge of a small squadron which was undertaking a

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during the Anglo-Spanish War. In January 1728, with the intention of returning to base for supplies, he handed over the command to Vice-Admiral

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but when that admiral also succumbed to the diseases in May 1728, he took the command back. He was promoted to

on 29 March 1729 but died himself from the same diseases on 14 April 1729.

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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:St. Lo, Edward Royal Navy rear admirals 1729 deaths British military personnel of the Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729)