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Sir William Monson

English naval officer
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Born:
1568, Lincolnshire, Eng.
Died:
February 1643, Kinnersley, Surrey (aged 75)
Notable Works:
“Naval Tracts”
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Sir William Monson (born 1568, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died February 1643, Kinnersley, Surrey) was an English naval officer best-known for his Naval Tracts. He entered Balliol College, Oxford, in 1581 but four years later ran away to sea; however, he took his degree in 1594. In the Spanish Armada campaign he served as a volunteer in the Charles pinnace and afterward accompanied George Clifford, 3rd earl of Cumberland, on three voyages to the West Indies. In 1596 he was flag captain to the earl of Essex at the capture of Cadiz, and in 1602 he was vice admiral of the last fleet ...(100 of 244 words)

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