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29. Cook had been mate of Palliser's ship Eagle from 1755 to 1757. Later, as master of Northumberland, Cook's path crossed Palliser's again, when both participated in the successful British effort to recapture St. John's from the French; Glyndwr Williams, "James Cook" DCB, IV, 162-167 and Whiteley, "Hugh Palliser, " ibid., 597-601.
13 de ene. de 2008 · Palliser, Hugh. Hugh Palliser, naval officer, governor of Newfoundland (b at Kirk Deighton, Eng 26 Feb 1722/ 23; d at Chalfont St Giles, Eng 19 Mar 1796). He was a naval officer at the siege of Québec in 1759, and was appointed governor of Newfoundland 1764. He travelled widely within his jurisdiction policing the French fishery to confine it ...
Other articles where Sir Hugh Palliser is discussed: Augustus Keppel: Sir Hugh Palliser, a member of the Admiralty Board, went to sea with Keppel in a subordinate command, and Keppel believed that the indecisive outcome of his battle against the French (July 27, 1778) off Ushant (a small island near Brittany) was partly due to…
10 de ene. de 2011 · We are told that “Time and Chance happeneth to all:” whatever may strictly be understood by Chance, we certainly find that success does not happen to all–but the reverse, we fear, to the far greater number–with this, however, as a general question, we have no present concern–the naval career of Sir Hugh presents repeated instances in which his zeal and ability were evinced by the ...
Hugh Palliser 1722/3-1796 Admiral in the Royal Navy, Baronet, MP. Owner of the Vache from 1777 till his death in 1796. Hugh Palliser was born on 22 February 1722/3, the only son of Captain Hugh Palliser and Mary Robinson, at Kirk Deighton in West Yorkshire.
PALLISER, Sir HUGH (1723–1796), admiral, of an old family long settled in Yorkshire, was son of Hugh Palliser, a captain in the army, who was wounded at Almanza. His mother was a daughter of Humphrey Robinson of Thicket Hall, Yorkshire. He was born at Kirk Deighton in the West Riding on 26 Feb. 1722–3. In 1735 he was entered as a midshipman ...
Sir Hugh Palliser, Bt Hugh Palliser, portrait par George Dance, v. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Naissance
