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Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet (26 February 1723 [a] – 19 March 1796) was a Royal Navy officer. As captain of the 58-gun HMS Eagle he engaged and defeated the French 50-gun Duc d'Aquitain off Ushant in May 1757 during the Seven Years' War.
Hugh Palliser - Cook's Second Naval Captain | Captain Cook Society. Cook's Officers And Crew And Contemporaries. Hugh Palliser - Cook's Second Naval Captain. Hugh Palliser, whose portrait has just been sold at auction [see page 39], played a most important role in the career of James Cook.
Sir Hugh Palliser. 1723-96. He was born at Kirk Deighton in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 26 February 1723, the only son of Hugh Palliser, a humble and obscure landowner and captain in the army who died whilst Palliser was still a boy, and of his wife, Mary Robinson. He was the uncle of Captain George Robinson Walters.
25 de oct. de 2022 · Hugh Palliser and the Inuit representatives successfully concluded an agreement between them, which was signed on 21 August 1765. By allying themselves with the Inuit, the British hoped to protect themselves against interference from the American colonies or France.
Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet. The Palliser Baronetcy, of The Vache in the County of Buckingham, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 6 August 1773 for the naval commander Admiral Hugh Palliser. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1868.
Admiral Hugh Palliser was a Royal Navy officer who was the longest serving Governor of Newfoundland during the turbulent 18th century. He was born in Kirk Deighton, West Yorkshire, England on February 22, 1722 and at age 11 entered the navy on his uncle’s ship Aldborough.
Hugh Palliser was an admirable servant of the state. As well as being a brave and aggressive sea officer, he was a methodical and industrious man of business. Prowse points out that his administration in Newfoundland lasted the unusual period of five years, owing, no doubt, to the consistent approval of his policies by the British government ...
