Josiah Burchett (c.1665 – 2 October 1746), of Hampstead, Middlesex, was a British naval administrator and Whig politician, who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1705 and 1741. He was Secretary of the Admiralty in England, a position he held for almost fifty years from 26 September 1694 to 14 October 1742. In addition to his administrative duties, he was the author of the first general history of the Royal Navy, published in 1720 and based on official Admiralty records.
JosiahBurchett (c.1665 – 2 October 1746), of Hampstead, Middlesex, was a British naval administrator and Whig politician, who sat in the English and...
Burchett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: JosiahBurchett, British Secretary of the Admiralty (1694–1742) Wilfred Burchett, Australian...
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1643), Irish historian Đorđe Branković (1645–1711), Serbian history JosiahBurchett (1666–1746), British naval historian and CEmiralty official Laurence...
François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644) 1746 – JosiahBurchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666) 1764 – William Cavendish...
– St George Gore-St George, Irish politician (b. 1722) October 2 – JosiahBurchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty (b. c. 1666) November 14 – Georg...
the case in October 1707. Writing about the Scilly disaster in 1720, JosiahBurchett wrote: "I cannot but have a lively idea of the danger fleets are exposed...
colleague David Mitchell, then serving as Russell's first captain, and JosiahBurchett, Russell's clerk. Benbow may have advised Russell to take the Gull...
maritime history Daniel A. Baugh (born 1931) Ulane Bonnel (1918–2006) JosiahBurchett (1666–1746) Montagu Burrows (1819–1905) Geoffrey Callender (1875–1946)...
writer (died 1731) December – Stephen Gray, scientist (died 1736) JosiahBurchett, Secretary of the Admiralty (died 1746) John Harris, writer and encyclopaedist...
Death of Mr. Addison Thomas Brown – The Remains of Mr. Thomas Brown JosiahBurchett – A Complete History of the Most Remarkable Transactions at Sea William...
– St George Gore-St George, Irish politician (b. 1722) October 2 – JosiahBurchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty (b. c. 1666) November 14 – Georg...
12 – Mary Astell, English feminist writer (died 1731) Unknown dates JosiahBurchett, English writer on history and Admiralty official (died 1746) Mary...
(born 1698) 2 July – Thomas Baker, antiquarian (born 1656) 2 October – JosiahBurchett, Secretary of the Admiralty (born c. 1666) 6 December – Lady Grizel...
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