Father to Sir Francis Courtney and Thomas Courtney, and grandfather to Lord Hal Courtney, Charles Courtney was a sea captain who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I following the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Children:
Sir Francis Courtney
- Thomas Courtney
Other Relatives: Grandfather to Lord Hal (Henry) Courtney
'It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courtney and his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off Southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold.'
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