Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet · Lived 1726 to 1799 · aged 73
Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, Earl Howe was a Royal Navy officer and politician. After serving in 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.
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The Battle of Quiberon Bay by Nicholas Pocock. Howe took part in the battle as a captain. The overwhelming British victory at Quiberon Bay ended the prospect of a French Invasion of Britain or Ireland.
Howe (second from right) at the Staten Island Peace Conference
Detail of a Wedgwood jasperware portrait medallion of Howe, a sign of his celebrity
Portrait of Countess Howe by Thomas Gainsborough, 1764
Relief of Gibraltar by Earl Howe, 11 October 1782, by Richard Paton. Howe, flying his flag aboard the 100-gun HMS Victory in the centre, approaches Gibraltar. To the right are the ships of the van, with Vice-Admiral Samuel Barrington's 100-gun HMS Britannia, and to the left, those of the rear squadron, commanded by Vice-Admiral Mark Milbanke in the 98-gun HMS Ocean. The Franco-Spanish fleet can be seen in the background, anchored in Algeciras Bay.
Lord Howe on the Deck of the Queen Charlotte, by Mather Brown, 1794
George III meeting with Howe onboard Queen Charlotte on 26 June 1794Awards
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He also took part, as a naval captain, in the decisive British naval victory at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759.