Edward Whitaker
| Sir Edward Whitaker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1660 |
| Died | 20 November 1735 Carshalton, Surrey |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | – 1735 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Dover HMS Royal Sovereign HMS Elizabeth HMS Monck HMS St Andrew HMS Victory HMS Portland HMS Ranelagh HMS Restoration HMS Dorsetshire |
| Battles/wars |
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Sir Edward Whitaker (1660 – 20 November 1735) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Spanish Succession and is known for his role in the Capture of Gibraltar and the Battle of Málaga in 1704.
Edward Whitaker was born in 1660. He joined the Royal Navy and he was promoted to a lieutenant of HMS Swallow on 16 October 1688 under Matthew Aylmer. The following year the two of them had moved to HMS Royal Katherine and on 15 May 1690 Whitaker became captain of his first command, the 44-gun HMS Dover. For three years he and his crew captured many French privateers and supporting prize money. On 27 September 1692 he married Ann Stephens of Leigh on Essex.
In 1693 he returned to support Aylmer who was now an admiral and he was his flag-captain in HMS Royal Sovereign. 1695 to 1696 he had a confusing command looking after HMS Elizabeth, HMS Monck and HMS St Andrew with the honour of also being Sir Cloudesley Shovell's flag-captain in HMS Victory.
In 1698 he was not at sea but living in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, but by May of the following year he had a new command in HMS Portland. On 13 January 1702 fifty ships we commissioned on one day and Whitaker briefly was given HMS Ranelagh before he became master-attendant at Woolwich. At the start of 1702 he very briefly commanded HMS Restoration before he took up the command that was to make his name. Whitaker commanded HMS Dorsetshire as part of the fleet under George Rooke in 1704.
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