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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth

1757–1833 · 19th century · Also known as Lord Exmouth, Edward Pellew

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, was a British naval officer celebrated as a frigate captain in the wars with Revolutionary France. As commander in the Mediterranean, he led an Anglo-Dutch fleet that bombarded Algiers on 27 August 1816, destroying much of the corsair fleet and forcing the dey to free more than a thousand Christian captives and to promise an end to the enslavement of Christians.

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
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