Admiral of the White Sir George Ayscue ( – 5 April 1672) was an English naval officer and colonial administrator who served in the English Civil War and the Anglo-Dutch Wars. He also served as the governor of the Isles of Scilly in 1647 and governor of Barbados from 1650 to 1652.
Biography
Ayscue (sometimes spelled Askew or Ayscough) came from an old Lincolnshire family, and was knighted by Charles I on 9 August 1641. In 1646 he received a naval command, In August 1647 he was appointed Governor of the Isles of Scilly, a post he held until January 1648. and later in the year given command of two vessels and promoted to Rear Admiral.
In 1649, he was appointed Admiral of the Irish Seas.
In the First Anglo-Dutch War he was defeated by the Dutch Commodore Michiel de Ruyter at the Battle of Plymouth. Relieved of his command, he went into service in the Swedish Navy, returning after the Restoration of Charles II. In June 1665, he was appointed Vice-Admiral of the Blue.