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Há 4 dias · Admiral Richard Howe. Howe, Earl Howe, British admiral, was born in London on the 8th of March 1726. He was the second son of Emmanuel Scrope Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, who died governor of Barbados in March 1735, and of Mary Sophia Charlotte, a daughter of the baroness Kilmansegge, afterwards countess of Darlington, the mistress of King George I ...
By David A. Norris. British Admiral Lord Richard Howe, standing on the quarterdeck of his 100-gun ship of the line Queen Charlotte, snapped his signal book shut on the morning of June 1, 1794. “Black Dick” Howe, his sailors said, never smiled except when a battle was near.
Richard Howe, Earl Howe, British admiral, was born in London on the 8th of March 1726. He was the second son of Emmanuel Scrope Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, who died governor of Barbados in March 1735, and of Mary Sophia Charlotte, a daughter of the baroness Kilmansegge, afterwards countess of Darlington, the mistress of George I -- a relationship which does much to explain his early rise in the navy.
- March 8, 1726
- August 5, 1799
Richard Howe, 1. Earl Howe, KG (* 8. März 1726 in London; † 5. August 1799) war ein britischer Flottenadmiral und Erster Lord der Admiralität
Richard Howe. British Admiral 1726-1799. One of Britain's most experienced leaders, Richard Howe joined the Royal Navy at the age of 13 and fought in the Pacific, during the war of Austrian Succession, the Jacobite Rebellion, the Seven Years War and the American Revolution.
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799), Admiral. Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 17 portraits Admiral. His long naval career began in 1739; he was Commander-in-Chief, North America, 1775-8, during the War of American Independence, and he relieved Gibraltar from the Spanish siege, 1782.
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726-1799), Admiral. Gallery portraits. All known portraits. Biography and References. ‘A mezzotinto portrait of him was taken by a foreign artist, without his knowledge, he was amazed when it was presented to him, but hung it up in his cabin, and for a long time this caused him to be known as ‘Black Dick ...
