Admiral of the White Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, PC was a Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1755 to 1782. He saw action in command of various ships, incl
Portrait of Augustus Keppel by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1749
c. 1752 portrait of Keppel by Joshua Reynolds, in a pose similar to the Apollo Belvedere.
1765 portrait of Keppel wearing a flag officer's undress uniform by Reynolds
Keppel's court-martial at the Governor's House, Portsmouth
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Admiral of the White Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet was a Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator. As captain of the 58-gun HMS Eagle, he engaged and defeated the French 50-gun Duc d
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
…Senior Naval Lord and then Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet. During the American War of Independence Keppel came into a notorious dispute with Sir Hugh Palliser over Palliser's conduct as his second-in-command at the inconclusive Battle of Ushant in July 1778; the dispute led to Keppel and Palliser facing courts…
Portrait attributed to George Dance the Younger, c. 1775
Model of HMS Captain, which Palliser captained from 1746 to 1747
Gentlemen Fishing (Benjamin West, 1794). Palliser is shown third from right.