Admiral 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'Aquitain off
Portrait attributed to George Dance the Younger, c. 1775
A model of the hull of HMS Captain after her 1708 rebuild
Depiction of the Battle of Ushant in 1778 by Théodore Gudin, c. 1848
James Cook's 1775 Chart of Newfoundland
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