A great Pynchonian name - Sir Cloudesley Shovell.
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A great Pynchonian name - Sir Cloudesley Shovell.
I'd like this
Recent favourites include
1. The clockwork girl by Anna Mazzola
2. The second sigh of Zachary cloudesley by Sean Lusk
3. Atmosphere by Taylor Reid Jenkins
4. The Mad Woman's Ball
5. The Instrumentalist
I love history wrapped in fiction
Recent favourites include
1. The clockwork girl by Anna Mazzola
2. The second sigh of Zachary cloudesley by Sean Lusk
3. Atmosphere by Taylor Reid Jenkins
4. The Mad Woman's Ball
5. The Instrumentalist
I love history wrapped in fiction
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I'd like this
Recent favourites include
1. The clockwork girl by Anna Mazzola
2. The second sigh of Zachary cloudesley by Sean Lusk
3. Atmosphere by Taylor Reid Jenkins
4. The Mad Woman's Ball
5. The Instrumentalist
I love history wrapped in fiction
Recent favourites include
1. The clockwork girl by Anna Mazzola
2. The second sigh of Zachary cloudesley by Sean Lusk
3. Atmosphere by Taylor Reid Jenkins
4. The Mad Woman's Ball
5. The Instrumentalist
I love history wrapped in fiction
senhor Cloudesley? no Brasil a gente é mais criativo
Just when I'd thought I'd encountered the funniest of historical British names, I discover this guy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
senhor Cloudesley? no Brasil a gente é mais criativo
i wouldn't share these too widely, you know there's gonna be a year when all the girls get named Cloudesley
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
i wouldn't share these too widely, you know there's gonna be a year when all the girls get named Cloudesley
Just when I'd thought I'd encountered the funniest of historical British names, I discover this guy.
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Just when I'd thought I'd encountered the funniest of historical British names, I discover this guy.
A quieter day than most so time for a lunchtime pint and pie in the Crown, Cloudesley Rd
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A quieter day than most so time for a lunchtime pint and pie in the Crown, Cloudesley Rd
22 Oct 1707 (O.S.) // Four #RoyalNavy ships, part of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's fleet returning from the Mediterranean, struck rocks and were wrecked off the Isles of Scilly: HMS Association (90 guns), HMS Eagle (70 guns), HMS Romney (50 guns), and fireship HMS Firebrand (8 guns). [1/3]
October 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
22 Oct 1707 (O.S.) // Four #RoyalNavy ships, part of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's fleet returning from the Mediterranean, struck rocks and were wrecked off the Isles of Scilly: HMS Association (90 guns), HMS Eagle (70 guns), HMS Romney (50 guns), and fireship HMS Firebrand (8 guns). [1/3]
"Paint me like Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell."
The monument in question is in Westminster Abbey, and that description of it from an early Dictionary of National Biography – and it’s difficult to dispute. I mean, really. It may be by the great Grinling Gibbons, but what the hell is going on here? en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diction...
October 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Paint me like Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell."
There's a Cloudesley Road round the corner from where I grew up in Bexleyheath.
October 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
There's a Cloudesley Road round the corner from where I grew up in Bexleyheath.
Anyway, if I should ever again acquire a kitten (as opposed to a rescue cat), I resolve to call it Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. Well, unless I go for Major General Clive Wynne- Candy or Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff, obviously
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Anyway, if I should ever again acquire a kitten (as opposed to a rescue cat), I resolve to call it Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. Well, unless I go for Major General Clive Wynne- Candy or Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff, obviously
#OTD 1707 Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell led his fleet through fog. The ships struck the Scilly Isles. Eight hundred sailors perished. An accurate chronometer might have saved these lives. Hear the story in our History of Timekeeping Podcast: tinyurl.com/yahhpzbm #history #britishnavy #clocks
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#OTD 1707 Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell led his fleet through fog. The ships struck the Scilly Isles. Eight hundred sailors perished. An accurate chronometer might have saved these lives. Hear the story in our History of Timekeeping Podcast: tinyurl.com/yahhpzbm #history #britishnavy #clocks
Fun fact the CS in CS Lewis is in fact short for Cloudesley Shovell
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October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Fun fact the CS in CS Lewis is in fact short for Cloudesley Shovell
He has the most fabulous memorial in Westminster Abbey. I'm sad that the name Cloudesley is yet to make a comeback.
October 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
He has the most fabulous memorial in Westminster Abbey. I'm sad that the name Cloudesley is yet to make a comeback.
According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: “His unusual forename derives from the family name of his maternal grandmother, Lucy Cloudesley, and his uncle Cloudesley Jenkinson”. (As a bonus, he lived in The Olden Days When No One Could Spell, so it was sometimes rendered Clowdisley)
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October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: “His unusual forename derives from the family name of his maternal grandmother, Lucy Cloudesley, and his uncle Cloudesley Jenkinson”. (As a bonus, he lived in The Olden Days When No One Could Spell, so it was sometimes rendered Clowdisley)
It is, today, the tragic 318th anniversary of the death of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell, shipwrecked off the Isles of Scilly, but who managed to struggle ashore and was recovering on the sands when along came a woman who done him in for his emerald ring...
October 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It is, today, the tragic 318th anniversary of the death of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell, shipwrecked off the Isles of Scilly, but who managed to struggle ashore and was recovering on the sands when along came a woman who done him in for his emerald ring...
it's the 318th anniversary of the death of the spendidly named Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and 1400 other sailors. His four ships were wrecked off the Isles of Scilly when they believed themselves to be near the coast of Brittany. Longitude! www.crayfordhistory.org.uk/projects/sho...
Sir Cloudesley Shovell and the Longitude Act
From cabin boy to Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Cloudesley Shovell rose to high rank in the Royal Navy and ...
www.crayfordhistory.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
it's the 318th anniversary of the death of the spendidly named Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and 1400 other sailors. His four ships were wrecked off the Isles of Scilly when they believed themselves to be near the coast of Brittany. Longitude! www.crayfordhistory.org.uk/projects/sho...
#AndiesemTag #OnThisDay (22.10.):
1707 – Nachdem ihn tags zuvor ein Matrose auf einen Navigationsfehler hingewiesen hatte und er ihn darauf hat hängen lassen, denn es kann ja nicht sein, dass sich ein Adeliger irrt, fährt Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell munter mit seinen vier Schiffen weiter.
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1707 – Nachdem ihn tags zuvor ein Matrose auf einen Navigationsfehler hingewiesen hatte und er ihn darauf hat hängen lassen, denn es kann ja nicht sein, dass sich ein Adeliger irrt, fährt Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell munter mit seinen vier Schiffen weiter.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#AndiesemTag #OnThisDay (22.10.):
1707 – Nachdem ihn tags zuvor ein Matrose auf einen Navigationsfehler hingewiesen hatte und er ihn darauf hat hängen lassen, denn es kann ja nicht sein, dass sich ein Adeliger irrt, fährt Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell munter mit seinen vier Schiffen weiter.
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1707 – Nachdem ihn tags zuvor ein Matrose auf einen Navigationsfehler hingewiesen hatte und er ihn darauf hat hängen lassen, denn es kann ja nicht sein, dass sich ein Adeliger irrt, fährt Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell munter mit seinen vier Schiffen weiter.
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One of the most elaborate monuments in the south ambulatory is that of Cloudesley Shovell. His inadequacy as an admiral caused his and 1,400 sailors' deaths in a shipwreck (but that resulted in the search for an accurate way of calculating longitude - every cloudesley has a silver lining).
September 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
One of the most elaborate monuments in the south ambulatory is that of Cloudesley Shovell. His inadequacy as an admiral caused his and 1,400 sailors' deaths in a shipwreck (but that resulted in the search for an accurate way of calculating longitude - every cloudesley has a silver lining).
Book 40 of 2025
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk
Started: 17/09/25
Finished: 27/09/25
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.5/5
I've been wanting to read this for a while and it didn't disappoint. Probably best described as magical realism and some lovely characters.
💙📚
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk
Started: 17/09/25
Finished: 27/09/25
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.5/5
I've been wanting to read this for a while and it didn't disappoint. Probably best described as magical realism and some lovely characters.
💙📚
September 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Book 40 of 2025
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk
Started: 17/09/25
Finished: 27/09/25
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.5/5
I've been wanting to read this for a while and it didn't disappoint. Probably best described as magical realism and some lovely characters.
💙📚
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk
Started: 17/09/25
Finished: 27/09/25
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.5/5
I've been wanting to read this for a while and it didn't disappoint. Probably best described as magical realism and some lovely characters.
💙📚
Haha it's the Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley and yes it's very good! (The plague doesn't actually feature in it a huge amount.)
September 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Haha it's the Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley and yes it's very good! (The plague doesn't actually feature in it a huge amount.)
Are you aware of the existence of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell? Mostly notable for dying of incompetence along with a couple of thousand other people, which is firmly in the great British tradition
September 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Are you aware of the existence of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell? Mostly notable for dying of incompetence along with a couple of thousand other people, which is firmly in the great British tradition
(Cloudesley was apparently a derivation of his mother’s maiden name so it was sort of a Beyoncé type situation)
September 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
(Cloudesley was apparently a derivation of his mother’s maiden name so it was sort of a Beyoncé type situation)
Two very delightful facts about Sir Cloudesley Shovell:
(1) His parents had the extremely normal names John and Anne but decided to name their child CLOUDESLEY.
(2) He was born in the village of Cockthorpe.
(1) His parents had the extremely normal names John and Anne but decided to name their child CLOUDESLEY.
(2) He was born in the village of Cockthorpe.
September 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Two very delightful facts about Sir Cloudesley Shovell:
(1) His parents had the extremely normal names John and Anne but decided to name their child CLOUDESLEY.
(2) He was born in the village of Cockthorpe.
(1) His parents had the extremely normal names John and Anne but decided to name their child CLOUDESLEY.
(2) He was born in the village of Cockthorpe.
Cloudesley belongs in that white lady standing in front of a chalkboard with crossed out baby names meme
September 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Cloudesley belongs in that white lady standing in front of a chalkboard with crossed out baby names meme
admiral of the fleet sir cloudesley shovell
September 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
admiral of the fleet sir cloudesley shovell