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Wishart's seniority had been promoted to rear-admiral of the blue in preference to his captain. Rooke suspected that Wishart had been passed over either to slight him or because of Wishart's Scottish ancestry. Rooke noted that Wishart had recently moved to Yorkshire with his wife as way of
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Wishart were in the Mediterranean later the same year and Wishart was given a knighthood on his return. The success was short-lived however as both Rooke and Wishart lost their positions the following year. Wishart was placed on half pay and it was not until 1710 that his career progressed
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Cordelia Raper of Bedale, North Yorkshire and lived at 53 High Street, Portsmouth. They had no children and his legacy of £20,000 went first to his wife. Wishart's will stipulated that anyone who ever owned his land or money needed to take his surname. The money eventually went to his
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for a time, and when he was trying to inspire their crew he joked that the ship had the best name in the navy making the pun, "Our Father
Wishart in Heaven..."
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where he unsuccessfully lobbied the Dutch to form an alliance against the French. His last naval role was as
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after becoming his flag captain in 1695 on the recently renamed
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in December 1713. Wishart was always suspected of being of a
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