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Excerpt from The Linzee Family of Great Britain and the United States of America and the Allied Families of Penfold, Tilden, Wooldridge, Hood, Hunt, Amory, Browne, Evans, Vol. 2
Mary Linzee the daughter of John Linzee married Edward Penfold; he and at least four of his sons served their govern ment in positions of importance; the second son William Penfold (111 - 1) was a designer and constructor of some of England's wooden battle ships. Many of her descendants are serving with distinction in the British fleet in the North Sea on the Superb, Dido and Topaz. Her granddaughter Rebecca Penfold (111 - 7) married rear-admiral John Pasco, who was F lag-lieutenant or Signal Officer of the Victory to the famous fighting Admiral Horatio Nelson, and unfurled at the Battle of Trafalgar that soul stirring message England expects that every man will do his duty Another descendant Horatia Victoria Elizabeth Atchison Pasco (111 - 16) married Admiral John Bonne maison Bunch mchardy, who, in addition to distinguished naval services, was known as the founder of the police of England. Susannah Linzee daughter of Edward Linzee brought distinction to her family by her marriage to Samuel 1st Viscount Hood, one of the most capable of England's Admirals. To him was assigned the diffit task of holding in check the ambitious designs of world dominion by Napoleon I., which responsibility he handed down to Admiral Nelson, whose naval experiences were to a large extent gained under the immediate command of Hood. Lady Hood was in Boston, Mass, previous to the perilous times of the American Revolution, and left pleasant memories of her amiable personality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
