Juan Francisco de Lángara y Huarte was a Spanish naval officer and Minister of Marine.
Portrait by unknown artist, Museo Naval de Madrid
George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB, was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. It is often claimed that he was the commander to have pioneered the tactic of breaking the line.
Admiral Rodney after the Battle of the Saintes, 1782, by Thomas Gainsborough. Behind is the French fleur de lys naval ensign from the captured Ville De Paris
The Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747.
Portrait of Rodney by Joshua Reynolds showing him after his appointment as a rear admiral in 1759.
George Brydges Rodney, by Joshua Reynolds in 1789