# Valentine Pyne

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'''Valentine Pyne''' (1603-1677) was [master gunner of England](/source/Master_gunner), a companion of Prince [Rupert of the Rhine](/source/Rupert_of_the_Rhine) following Royalist service in the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War), and Lieutenant of the garrison at the [Tower of London](/source/Tower_of_London).<ref>Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 47</ref>

==Background and early career==
Pyne was second son of George Pyne, of [Curry Mallet](/source/Curry_Mallet), [Somerset](/source/Somerset), of an established legal and gentry family,<ref>Dangerous Talk: Scandalous, Seditious, and Treasonable Speech in Pre-Modern England, David Cressy, Oxford University Press, 2010</ref> who served in the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) on the 1623 expedition to [Cádiz](/source/C%C3%A1diz); Valentine served under his father on this expedition. He was on the expedition to the [Île de Ré](/source/%C3%8Ele_de_R%C3%A9) in 1627, and continued to serve in the Navy until the outbreak of the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War) in 1642, during which he fought under [Charles I](/source/Charles_I_of_England). Following the [king's execution](/source/Charles_I_of_England), he accompanied Charles's nephew, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, for fifteen years fighting alongside him at sea and campaigns in [Germany](/source/Germany).<ref>Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 47</ref>

==Later career==

At the [Restoration](/source/Restoration_(England)), [Charles II](/source/Charles_II_of_England) appointed Pyne lieutenant of the garrison at the [Tower of London](/source/Tower_of_London) in 1661; he later served in the [First Anglo-Dutch War](/source/First_Anglo-Dutch_War) as a Navy commander. In 1666, he succeeded Colonel James Weymes<ref>Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 60</ref> as master gunner of England, serving in this capacity until his death, unmarried, 30 April 1677.<ref>Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 47</ref>

A memorial stands to him at the [Church of St Peter ad Vincula](/source/Church_of_St_Peter_ad_Vincula) at the Tower of London, which emphasises his loyalty to King and country and makes note of his valour and virtuousness.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://weblog.rmg.co.uk/memorials/m1015/ |title=M1015 - Maritime Memorials |access-date=28 October 2016 |archive-date=29 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029050037/http://weblog.rmg.co.uk/memorials/m1015/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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