page_title: Josias Rowley
hierarchical_section_title: Josias Rowley
caption_attribution_description: Portait of Admiral Sir Josias Rowley
context_page_description: Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, known as "The Sweeper of the Seas", was an Anglo-Irish naval officer who commanded the campaign that captured the French Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius in 1810.
context_section_description: Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG (1765 – 10 January 1842), known as "The Sweeper of the Seas", was an Anglo-Irish naval officer who commanded the campaign that captured the French Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius in 1810.
caption: Admiral Sir Josias Rowley
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