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Vice-Admiral Savage Mostyn was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. He embarked on a political career, and was a Member of P
Rear Admiral Savage Mostyn died 1757
Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As captain of the third-rate HMS Berwick, he took part in the Battle of Toulon in February 1744 during the
Savage Mostyn
…in command of the fleet under Vice-Admiral Edward Boscawen, and spent 1756 as second in command of the western squadron, serving successively under Edward Hawke, Boscawen, and Sir Charles Knowles. He became one of the junior lords of the Admiralty between April and June 1757, under the brief administration of…
Portrait by George Knapton
The Second Battle of Cape Finisterre, the first major victory Hawke won
John Byng, whom Hawke replaced as Mediterranean commander
1768–1770 portrait of Hawke by Francis Cotes