Admiral of the White Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves, KB was a Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator who served in the Seven Years' War and American War of Independence. He also se
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, 1786
Glorious First of June
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The Glorious First of June, also known as the Third Battle of Ushant and the Fourth Battle of Ushant, was a fleet action fought on 1 June 1794 between the British and French navies during the War of t
Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves
…Graves was promoted to Admiral of the Blue on 12 April 1794 and served as the second-in-command to Admiral of the Blue Richard Howe, Earl Howe at the Glorious First of June on 1 June, suffering a severe injury to his right arm. Following the battle, Graves was elevated to the Irish peerage as Baron Graves of Gravesend on…
Lord Howe's Action, or the Glorious First of June Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1795
Villaret de Joyeuse, the French commander at the battle
Ship model of Vengeur du Peuple
Lord Howe on the Deck of the Queen Charlotte (Mather Brown, 1794)