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[td]|birth_date =[/td] [td]|death_date =26 January 1752<ref>{{cite book |last1=Syrett |first1=David |last2=DiNardo |first2=R.I. |title=The commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815 |date=1994 |publisher=Scolar Press |location=Aldershot |isbn=1859281222 |page=278 |edition=First}}</ref>[/td]
[td]|death_date =26 January 1752<ref name=dinardo>{{cite book |last1=Syrett |first1=David |last2=DiNardo |first2=R.I. |title=The commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815 |date=1994 |publisher=Scolar Press |location=Aldershot |isbn=1859281222 |page=278 |edition=First}}</ref>[/td] [td]|birth_place =[/td]
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[td]|death_place =[/td] [td]Lisle was given command of [[HMS Severn (1747)|HMS ''Severn'']] and saw action when escorting a convoy in the [[Leeward Islands]] in 1746.<ref name=clowes>[https://archive.org/stream/royalnavyhistory03clowuoft/royalnavyhistory03clowuoft_djvu.txt Clowes, William Laird, ''The Royal Navy, a History from the earliest times to the present'', p. 122]</ref> None of the ships in the convoy were taken by the attacking French force and Lisle's conduct was such that he was rewarded with the command of [[HMS Vigilant (1745)|HMS ''Vigilant'']] in 1747,<ref name=clowes/> retaining it as his flagship for his deployment to the [[East Indies]].<ref>[http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7325 British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Vigilant' (1745)] Three Decks</ref> He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the [[East Indies Station]] in 1750 and remained in post until 1752.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aURnAAAAMAAJ&dq="Admiral+William+O'Bryen+Drury"&pg=PA272 Hayden, Joseph ''The book of dignities'', Longmans, 1851, p. 272]</ref>[/td]
[td]Lisle was given command of [[HMS Severn (1747)|HMS ''Severn'']] and saw action when escorting a convoy in the [[Leeward Islands]] in 1746.<ref name=clowes>[https://archive.org/stream/royalnavyhistory03clowuoft/royalnavyhistory03clowuoft_djvu.txt Clowes, William Laird, ''The Royal Navy, a History from the earliest times to the present'', p. 122]</ref> None of the ships in the convoy were taken by the attacking French force and Lisle's conduct was such that he was rewarded with the command of [[HMS Vigilant (1745)|HMS ''Vigilant'']] in 1747,<ref name=clowes/> retaining it as his flagship for his deployment to the [[East Indies]].<ref>[http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7325 British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Vigilant' (1745)] Three Decks</ref> He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the [[East Indies Station]] in 1750 and remained in post until 1752.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aURnAAAAMAAJ&dq="Admiral+William+O'Bryen+Drury"&pg=PA272 Hayden, Joseph ''The book of dignities'', Longmans, 1851, p. 272]</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]He died 26 January 1752.[/td]
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[td]|death_date =26 January 1752<ref name=dinardo>{{cite book |last1=Syrett |first1=David |last2=DiNardo |first2=R.I. |title=The commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy 1660-1815 |date=1994 |publisher=Scolar Press |location=Aldershot |isbn=1859281222 |page=278 |edition=First}}</ref>[/td] [td]|birth_place =[/td]
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[td]|death_place =[/td] [td]Lisle was given command of [[HMS Severn (1747)|HMS ''Severn'']] and saw action when escorting a convoy in the [[Leeward Islands]] in 1746.<ref name=clowes>[https://archive.org/stream/royalnavyhistory03clowuoft/royalnavyhistory03clowuoft_djvu.txt Clowes, William Laird, ''The Royal Navy, a History from the earliest times to the present'', p. 122]</ref> None of the ships in the convoy were taken by the attacking French force and Lisle's conduct was such that he was rewarded with the command of [[HMS Vigilant (1745)|HMS ''Vigilant'']] in 1747,<ref name=clowes/> retaining it as his flagship for his deployment to the [[East Indies]].<ref>[http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7325 British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Vigilant' (1745)] Three Decks</ref> He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the [[East Indies Station]] in 1750 and remained in post until 1752.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aURnAAAAMAAJ&dq="Admiral+William+O'Bryen+Drury"&pg=PA272 Hayden, Joseph ''The book of dignities'', Longmans, 1851, p. 272]</ref>[/td]
[td]Lisle was given command of [[HMS Severn (1747)|HMS ''Severn'']] and saw action when escorting a convoy in the [[Leeward Islands]] in 1746.<ref name=clowes>[https://archive.org/stream/royalnavyhistory03clowuoft/royalnavyhistory03clowuoft_djvu.txt Clowes, William Laird, ''The Royal Navy, a History from the earliest times to the present'', p. 122]</ref> None of the ships in the convoy were taken by the attacking French force and Lisle's conduct was such that he was rewarded with the command of [[HMS Vigilant (1745)|HMS ''Vigilant'']] in 1747,<ref name=clowes/> retaining it as his flagship for his deployment to the [[East Indies]].<ref>[http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=7325 British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Vigilant' (1745)] Three Decks</ref> He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the [[East Indies Station]] in 1750 and remained in post until 1752.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aURnAAAAMAAJ&dq="Admiral+William+O'Bryen+Drury"&pg=PA272 Hayden, Joseph ''The book of dignities'', Longmans, 1851, p. 272]</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]He died 26 January 1752.[/td]
[td]He died on 26 January 1752.<ref name=dinardo/>[/td] [td][/td] [td]==References==[/td]
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