Hugh Palliser
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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
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.
Battle of Ushant (1778)
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The Battle of Ushant took place on 27 July 1778, and was fought during the American Revolutionary War between French and British fleets 100 miles west of Ushant, an island at the mouth of the English
Hugh Palliser
…Revolutionary War he came into a famous dispute with Augustus Keppel over his conduct as third-in-command of the Channel Fleet at the inconclusive Battle of Ushant in July 1778; the dispute led to Palliser being court-martialled; he was acquitted. In retirement Palliser became Governor of Greenwich Hospital…
Battle of Ushant, 23 July 1778 Théodore Gudin, 1839
Depiction of the battle