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Sir Josias Rowley - known as "The Sweeper of the Seas", was an Irish-born British Admiral who commanded the campaign that captured the French Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius in 1810.
He was born in 1765 in Mountcampbell, Drumsna, County Leitrim. His father was Barrister and MP for Downpatrick in the Irish Parliament. His paternal grandfather was Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley.
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1765 | VIEW SOURCE |
| Date of Death | 1st Jan 1842 | VIEW SOURCE |
| Father (First Name/s and Surname) | Sir William Rowley | VIEW SOURCE |
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