Admiral of the Red Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, PC was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action during the Seven Years' War. Middleton was given command of a guar
Portrait by Isaac Pocock, c. 1795–1812
Barham Court, the family seat
Maurice Suckling
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Captain Maurice Suckling was a Royal Navy officer and politician best known for starting the naval career of his nephew Horatio Nelson and for serving as Comptroller of the Navy from 1775 until his de
1764 portrait
The Battle of Cap-Français, at which Suckling commanded HMS Dreadnought
HMS Triumph, which Suckling commanded from 1771 to 1773
1781 portrait of Horatio Nelson as a young post-captain