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Philip Bragg

The English records of this period contain no reference to Bragg, but in a set of Irish military entry-books, commencing in 1713, which are preserved in the Four Courts, Dublin, his name appears as captain in Primrose's regiment, lately returned from Holland to Ireland; his commission is here dated 1 June 1715, on which day new commissions were issued to all officers in the regiment in consequence of the accession of George I.



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Royal Bombay Yacht Club

Member Philip Bragg, who built Suhaili, the first yacht to sail solo non-stop around the world, died in 1984.