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Who was the "Warrior" that Warre supposedly named their long standing Port after?

Anybody know WITHOUT using Google?
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Purely as a guess, was it Wellington?
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Without Google, I'm going to go with Nimrod, as that is another name they use on a Port.
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Captain William Warre
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A fine historical perspective of his achievements:

http://www.warre.com/files/William_Warre.pdf
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Who was Warrior?

I did Google, and If I understand the page properly, Warrior was actually the name of Captain Warre's horse.
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Amazing history. It was an era of unbelievable heroism.
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Yes, in theory the horse which is what's on the new label too, is Captain Warre's horse. But the real warrior was he. So you are correct in a literal sense. :mrgreen:
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