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Robert Venables (ca. 1613–1687), was a soldier during the English Civil War and noted angler. Venables was lieutenant-colonel in the parliamentary army. He was wounded at Chester in 1645. He was appointed governor of Liverpool in 1648. He served with success in Ireland from 1649 until 1654. He was sent as joint commander with Admiral William Penn, on the Caribbean expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies in 1654. The English forces were routed at Hispaniola in 1655, but managed to successfully take Jamaica later the same year. On his return to England he was sent to the Tower of London in September 1655, and cashiered in October. Appointed governor of Chester, 1660. After the restoration he bought Wincham, retired from public life and remained a nonconformist. He published a treat

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  • Robert Venables (ca. 1613–1687), was a soldier during the English Civil War and noted angler. Venables was lieutenant-colonel in the parliamentary army. He was wounded at Chester in 1645. He was appointed governor of Liverpool in 1648. He served with success in Ireland from 1649 until 1654. He was sent as joint commander with Admiral William Penn, on the Caribbean expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies in 1654. The English forces were routed at Hispaniola in 1655, but managed to successfully take Jamaica later the same year. On his return to England he was sent to the Tower of London in September 1655, and cashiered in October. Appointed governor of Chester, 1660. After the restoration he bought Wincham, retired from public life and remained a nonconformist. He published a treat
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  • Robert Venables (ca. 1613–1687), was a soldier during the English Civil War and noted angler. Venables was lieutenant-colonel in the parliamentary army. He was wounded at Chester in 1645. He was appointed governor of Liverpool in 1648. He served with success in Ireland from 1649 until 1654. He was sent as joint commander with Admiral William Penn, on the Caribbean expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies in 1654. The English forces were routed at Hispaniola in 1655, but managed to successfully take Jamaica later the same year. On his return to England he was sent to the Tower of London in September 1655, and cashiered in October. Appointed governor of Chester, 1660. After the restoration he bought Wincham, retired from public life and remained a nonconformist. He published a treatise on angling, The Experienced Angler, in 1662.
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