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Admiral Lord Richard Howe

The Earl Howe
Admiral of the Fleet Howe 1726-99 1st Earl Howe by John Singleton Copley.jpg
Richard Howe, painted by John Singleton Copley, 1794
Born (1726-04-08)8 April 1726
London, England
Died 5 August 1799(1799-08-05) (aged 73)
London, England
Buried St Andrew's Church, Langar, Nottinghamshire
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1740–1799
Rank Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held HMS Baltimore
HMS Triton
HMS Ripon
HMS Cornwall
HMS Glory
HMS Dolphin
HMS Dunkirk
HMS Magnanime
HMS Princess Amelia
Mediterranean Fleet
North American Station
Channel Fleet
Battles/wars War of the Austrian Succession
Jacobite rising of 1745
Seven Years' War
American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars
Awards Knight of the Order of the Garter

Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, KG (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a British naval officer. After serving throughout the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations against the French coast as part of Britain's policy of naval descents during the Seven Years' War. He also took part, as a naval captain, in the decisive British naval victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759.

In North America, Howe is best known for his service during the American Revolutionary War, when he acted as a naval commander and a peace commissioner with the American rebels; he also conducted a successful relief during the Great Siege of Gibraltar in the later stages of the War.

Howe later commanded the victorious British fleet during the Glorious First of June in June 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Howe was born in Albemarle Street, London, the second son of Emanuel Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, who died as governor of Barbados in March 1735, and of Charlotte, a daughter of Baroness von Kielmansegg, afterwards Countess of Darlington, the half-sister of King George I.


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