Sir Josias Rowley, Bt | |
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_-_Admiral_Sir_Josias_Rowley_(1765%E2%80%931842)_-_BHC2986_-_Royal_Museums_Greenwich.jpg) Admiral Sir Josias Rowley painted by Andrew Morton | |
| Born | 1765 |
| Died | 10 January 1842 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Lark HMS Braave HMS Impérieuse HMS Raisonnable HMS Boadicea HMS America Cape of Good Hope Station Cork Station Mediterranean Fleet |
| Battles / wars | Napoleonic Wars |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa[1] |
Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG (1765 – 10 January 1842), known as "The Sweeper of the Seas", was an Anglo-Irish naval officer who commanded the campaign that captured the French Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius in 1810.
- ^ "Ritter-Orden: Militärischer Maria-Theresien-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich, 1836, p. 15, retrieved 20 September 2020