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Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet (26 February 1723 – 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.
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, whose portrait has just been sold at auction [see page 39], played a most important role in the career of James Cook. Indeed, despite the very different circumstances of their origins, the two men became close friends.
Sir Hugh Palliser. From April 1764 Palliser was a valued commander-in-chief and lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland with his broad pennant aboard the Guernsey 50, and with Captain James Chads commanding this ship from 1766.
13 de ene. de 2008 · 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.
PALLISER (Pallisser), Sir HUGH, naval officer and governor of Newfoundland; b. 22 Feb. 1722 / 23 at Kirk Deighton (West Yorkshire), England, only son of Captain Hugh Palliser and Mary Robinson; d. 19 March 1796 at Chalfont St Giles, England.
10 de ene. de 2011 · BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR HUGH PALLISER, BART. ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE, &c. Edited by James Stanier Clarke, John McArthur; Book: The Naval Chronicle; Online publication: 10 January 2011; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511731938.003
