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
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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
Falklands Crisis of 1770
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The Falklands Crisis of 1770, a diplomatic standoff between Great Britain and Spain, occurred over possession of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. These events almost caused a war betw
Maurice Suckling
…1761, destroying French fortifications on the Île-d'Aix, and went on half pay at the end of the war in 1763. He was given his next command during the Falklands Crisis of 1770, and took his nephew Nelson with him. Despite having misgivings over Nelson's suitability for the navy, Suckling supported him and saw him translated…
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke the First Lord of the Admiralty who mobilised the Royal Navy during the crisis.