Kempenfelt, Richard, British admiral, born at Westminster; distinguished himself in several actions, was on board of the Royal George> as his flagship when she went down at Spithead, carrying him along with her and over a thousand others also on board at the time; he was a brave and skilful officer, and his death was a great loss to the service (1718‒1782).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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