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About Francis Holburne
Admiral Francis Holburne was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He served as commodore and commander-in-chief at the Leeward Islands during the War of the Austrian Succession and then took part in an operation to capture Louisbourg as part of the Louisbourg Expedition of the Seven Years' War. Holburne went on to be Port Admiral at Portsmouth and then Senior Naval Lord. In retirement he became Governor of Greenwich Hospital. He also served as a Member of Parliament.
Everything about Francis Holburne →- Occupation
- politician, naval officer
- Position held
- member of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain, First Sea Lord
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- 1704
- Died
- July 15, 1771, 1771