Rooke, Sir George, (1650-1709), Knight, Knight Admiral

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Surname:	Rooke
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	George
Gender:	Male
Date:	1650-1709
Title:	Knight
History:	Admiral. Commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, 1695-1696; in the Channel, 1696-1697. Commander of Anglo-Dutch Cadiz expedition. Destroyed French fleet at Vigo. Captured Gibraltar, 1704.
Biography:	ODNB link for Rooke, Sir George (1650-1709) Knight Admiral
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275947 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P161865 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir George Rooke

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1695 Oct 08: William Blathwayt [to the under secretary of state]: Sir George Rooke's squadron may...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/1/84
2	1695 May 20: Adam Cardonnel [to the under secretary of state]: the king intends to join the army near...	The National Archives, Kew	SP 87/1/5
3	1694-1703: corresp, letter book, order book and papers	Gloucestershire Archives	D1833	NRA 4949 Rooke
4	1700-02: journal, corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 28125, 28925
5	1700-04: journals	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	AND/5 GRE/1	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
6	1700-04: copy journal	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	JOD/24
7	1694-99: letters (61) to Lord Halifax	British Library, Manuscript Collections	c9	NRA 10410 Spencer
8	1689: letters to Lord Nottingham	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DG7	NRA 9845 Finch See HMC [71] Finch ii
9	1702-04: letters (26) from Lord Nottingham (copies)	Northamptonshire Archives Service	FH	NRA 4485 Finch-Hatton
10	1695-97: letters (3) to Lord Portland	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	PwA1082-84	NRA 7628 Cavendish-Bentinck
11	letters (23), mainly to Sir Charles Hedges	Huntington Library		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
12	corresp with Duke of Shrewsbury	Northamptonshire Archives Service		See HMC [45] Buccleuch (Montagu House) MSS
13	1695-1705: corresp with Alexander Stanhope	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/O42	NRA 25095
14	1697-1700: letters to James Vernon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 4202
15	1689-1703: letters (4)	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	LBK/74	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus