1. Sir John Penington was an English admiral who served under Charles I of England.
11 Facts About John Penington
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John Penington was the second cousin of Sir Isaac Penington or Pennington, and the son of Robert Penington of Henham in Essex, described as a tanner.
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John Penington remained with Raleigh at the mouth of the river; but putting into Kinsale, on the way home, the ship was seized by order of the Lord Deputy of Ireland, and in London he himself was thrown into prison.
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John Penington gave evidence that Raleigh had 'proposed the taking of the Mexico fleet if the mine failed'.
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John Penington's was appointed Rear-Admiral of the Narrow Seas from 1623 to 1626.
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The determination of Richelieu to make France a maritime power was held to be an insult to the supremacy of England; and on the 24th John Penington was directed to go to Le Havre, where eight ships which the French king had lately bought from the Dutch were lying.
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John Penington insisted that the two enemies should respect the neutrality of the roadstead; but he had a very insufficient force, and the orders he received from the king were confused and contradictory.
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John Penington, meantime, was powerless; he had no instructions to take part with either, and was disinclined to risk the total loss of his fleet by defending the Spaniards.
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Older sources claim that John Penington played a negligible role in the Civil War, a titular Lord High Admiral of England without any fleet to command.
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John Penington soon took command of a revived Royalist navy as Admiral of the Fleet.
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John Penington was unmarried, and left legacies to various relatives; among others, his 'Great Heart diamond ring' to his cousin William Pennington of Muncaster, who became ancestor of the barons of Muncaster.