Robert Venables
English Civil War soldier and noted angler/author (1613-1687) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Venables (ca. 1613–1687), was an English soldier from Cheshire, who fought for Parliament in the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and captured Jamaica in 1655.
Robert Venables | |
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Born | 1613 Antrobus, Cheshire |
Died | 10 December 1687 (aged 73–74) Wincham, Cheshire |
Allegiance | Parliamentarian Commonwealth |
Years of service | 1642–1655 |
Rank | General |
Unit | Jones' Regiment of Horse |
Commands held | Governor of Tarvin Western Design, 1654–1655 Governor of Chester, 1660 |
Battles/wars | Wars of the Three Kingdoms Chester; Rowton Heath; Oxford; Cromwellian conquest of Ireland Rathmines Drogheda Lisnagarvey Scarrifholis Charlemont Anglo-Spanish War Santo Domingo Jamaica |
When the Anglo-Spanish War began in 1654, he was made joint commander of an expedition against Spanish possessions in the West Indies, known as the Western Design. Although he captured Jamaica, which remained a British colony for over 300 years, the project was considered a failure, ending his military career.
Appointed Governor of Chester shortly before the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, his religious views made him unacceptable to the new regime. He returned to private life and in 1662 published a treatise on fishing, The Experienced Angler, which went through five editions in his lifetime. Arrested but released without charge after the Farnley Wood Plot in 1663, in 1668 he purchased an estate at Wincham, Cheshire, where he lived quietly until his death in 1687.