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Byron, John, known as Foulweather Jack 1723-86
English naval officer

His account of his shipwreck on the coast of Chile in 1761 was used by Lord Byron, his grandson, in Don Juan. He commanded a voyage round the world (1764-66), and was Governor of Newfoundland (1769-72).