Captain Lord Robert Manners was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence.
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782
1786 engraving of Manner being mortally wounded at the Saintes
Battle of the Saintes
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The Battle of the Saintes, also known as the Battle of Dominica, was fought between the British and French navies on 9–12 April 1782 off Dominica during the American Revolutionary War. A British fleet
Lord Robert Manners (Royal Navy officer)
…Battle of the Chesapeake (5 September 1781), and then returned to the West Indies with Rear-Admiral Hood to fight at St Kitts in January 1782. At the Battle of the Saintes (12 April 1782), Resolution was in the centre of the line and saw heavy action. During the battle, one of Manners' arms was broken, and he was wounded…
1783 painting of the battle
Comte de Grasse
George Rodney
Lord Rodney's flagship Formidable breaking through the French line at the Battle of the Saintes by William Elliott