Description: An original antique engraving featuring the portrait of Sir Joseph Jordan (c.1603-1685) , English naval officer and admiral - see below. The engraving is based on the painting by Sir Peter Lely and dated February 1796 Good condition. This is a genuine antique engraving and not a reproduction. Image size approx. 6 x 4 inches. See more of these historic portraits in Seller's Other ItemsJoseph JordanFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFor other people named Joseph Jordan, see Joseph Jordan (disambiguation). Sir Joseph Jordan (c1603–1685) was a naval officer and admiral. From a Thames shipowning family, he is initially recorded as importing tobacco from Nevis and Barbados aboard the Amity.[1]During the English Civil War, he served in the parliamentary navy commanding the merchantman Caesar in the summer guard of 1642; later that year he was recorded taking castles around the Isle of Wight. In 1643 he served as rear-admiral in the Irish guard and the following year was active off the Channel Islands and at the relief of Lyme Regis and, in 1645, the siege of Weymouth.[1] He remained loyal to parliament during the 1648 naval revolt and in February 1649 signed remonstrance congratulating the army and the Commons for restoring liberty.[1]Following a short period abroad, Jordan resumed his naval career in 1650, was a flag-officer in the First Anglo-Dutch War and a member of the expedition against Algiers and Tunis under Robert Blake in April 1655. He was brought into service again in 1664 and served as a flag-officer in the Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1665-7,[2] knighted in 1665 after the Battle of Lowestoft; was rear-admiral of the Red squadron, with George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, in the inconclusive Four Days Battle, 1–4 June 1666, and vice-admiral of the Red at the victory in the St. James's Day Battle, 25 July 1666.[3]In the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-4., as vice-admiral of the Blue, he led the fleet into action in HMS Sovereign of the Seas, 100 guns, in the Battle of Solebay, 28th. May 1672.[3] At the time it was alleged he had deliberately chosen to expose to danger Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, HMS Royal James, who died in the battle, in order to protect the Duke of York, later James II of England.[2]After the war he was granted a pension and lived in retirement.[2] §
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