Sir George, a gallant English admiral, descended from a good family in Lincolnshire. He obtained the honour of knighthood from Charles I, but adhered to the parliament in the civil war. He was by them appointed admiral of the Irish seas, where he did great service to the Protestant interest. In 1651 he reduced to the obedience of the parliament Barbadoes and Virginia, which then held out for the king; and after the Restoration he behaved with much gallantry in the war with the Dutch. In the famous engagement in the beginning of June 1666, when Sir George was admiral of the white squadron, his ship, the Royal Prince, ran upon the Galoper-sand, where, being surrounded with enemies, his men obliged him to strike. He went no more to sea after this, but spent the rest of his days in retirement.

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