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Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer)
1752 Jul, 29

Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer)

Peter Warren, Irish admiral and politician (b. 1703)
Admiral Sir Peter Warren, KB (10 March 1703 – 29 July 1752) was an Irish naval officer in the Royal Navy who commanded British forces in the 1745 attack on the French fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. He later sat as MP for Westminster.

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