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Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816

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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (b. 12 December 1724, Butleigh, England–d. 27 January 1816. London, England) was an officer in the British Royal Navy. The son of Samuel Hood, a vicar, he entered the Royal Navy in 1741 and served on Ludlow. He became a lieutenant in 1746 and was commander of Jamaica in 1754. During the Revolutionary War battle of the Mona Passage, Hood led the British Fleet and later became the commander of Mediterranean Fleet in 1793 during the French Revolution. He rose to admir...

Smith, Thomas, ca. 1707-1762.

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Thomas Smith was born in England around 1707, the illegitimate son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet, and an unknown woman. Raised as a member of the Lyttleton family, he joined the Royal Navy and became a junior lieutenant on the Royal Oak in 1727. In 1729, while a first lieutenant on the Gosport, he created controversy when, acting as commanding officer in the absence of the ship's captain, he compelled a French corvette in Plymouth Sound to lower its topsails in salute. This i...

Lyttelton, William Henry Lyttelton, Baron, 1724-1808

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Governor of Jamaica (1762-1766). From the description of Letter book, 1763-1766. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19936479 From the description of Letter book, 1763-1766. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270767 English diplomat, Governor of South Carolina 1755-1762. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1771 Dec. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590218 From the description of Autograph letter signed...

Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785

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Sackville was at the time of this letter the Secretary of State for the Colonies for Great Britain. He served in this capacity from 1775-1782. He was a member of the Parliament of Ireland (1733-1761) and of Great Britain (1761-1782). From the description of [Letter] 1779 Oct. 8, Whitehall [to] Gov. Dalling / Geo. Germain. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 352925060 British secretary of state for the colonies. From the description of Papers, 1779. (Duke Univer...

Amherst, John.

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Pitt, Thomas, 1705-1761

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Ayscough, Francis, 1700-1763

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Epithet: DD, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001294.0x000252 ...

Byng, John, 1704-1757

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Epithet: 4th son of George, 1st Viscount Torrington, Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001109.0x0002c5 Epithet: junior EICS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001109.0x0002bb Epithet: Captain, afterwards Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000011...

Hood, Alexander, 1727-1814

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Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...