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George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard PC (21 October 1685 – 19 June 1765) was an Anglo-Irish naval commander and diplomat. He was at the Capture of Gibraltar. He took a very valuable prize ship and was briefly a Governor of the Leeward Islands. He took a role in politics, helping to end Robert Walpole's career, but eventually retired.

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  • George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard (en)
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  • George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard PC (21 October 1685 – 19 June 1765) was an Anglo-Irish naval commander and diplomat. He was at the Capture of Gibraltar. He took a very valuable prize ship and was briefly a Governor of the Leeward Islands. He took a role in politics, helping to end Robert Walpole's career, but eventually retired. (en)
  • George Forbes, 3:e earl av Granard, född den 21 oktober 1685, död 1765, var en irländsk krigare, sonson till Arthur Forbes, 1:e earl av Granard, son till och far till . Granard deltog både till lands och sjöss som brittisk officer i spanska arvföljdskriget, var 1716-1718 guvernör över Menorca, sändes 1719 till Wien för att organisera en österrikisk flotta och var 1729-1730 guvernör över Leewardöarna. Granard blev 1733 amiral och var 1733-1734 brittisk minister i Sankt Petersburg, där han slöt ett brittisk-ryskt handelsfördrag. Han avböjde det honom erbjudna överbefälet över ryska flottan. (sv)
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  • The Earl of Granard (en)
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  • Ireland (en)
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