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  • George Blagdon Westcott
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  • George Blagdon Westcott (fl. 24 April 1753 – 1 August 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the American Revolutionary and the French Revolutionary Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. He was one of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's Band of Brothers at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, in which battle he was killed.
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  • 1765
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  • --04-24
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  • George Blagdon Westcott
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  • George Westcott, detail of an engraving produced after the Battle of the Nile, depicting the 15 captains involved
Birth Place
  • Honiton, Devon
death date
  • 1798-08-01
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  • George Blagdon Westcott (fl. 24 April 1753 – 1 August 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the American Revolutionary and the French Revolutionary Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. He was one of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's Band of Brothers at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, in which battle he was killed.