Sir Admiral of the Fleet Earl Richard Howe KG
(1726-1799)

Member of Parliament (1757-1782), Rear Admiral (1770-1776), Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet (1770-1774), Vice-Admiral (1776-1782), Commander-in-Chief, North American Station (1776-1778), Royal Navy Admiral (1782-1790), 1st Viscount Howe (1782-1799), 1st Earl Howe (from 1788), 1st Baron Howe (1788-1799), Admiral of the Fleet (from 1796), and 620th Knight of the Order of the Garter (from 1797)

Died aged c. 73

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.

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Admiral Earl Howe. K.G. lived here in 1794, 1795 & 1798. B.1725. D.1799.

William Street, Bath, United Kingdom where they lived