Benbow
JOHN, an English admiral, born in 1650 at Shrewsbury. His skill and valor, displayed during an action with a Barbary pirate at the head of a superior force, gained him a captaincy in the Royal navy.
Rear-Admiral in 1700, he had his leg carried away by a chain-shot during an engagement with the French Commodore, Du Casse, in 1702, and he died in Jamaica, in 1702.