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1794 AD (search for this): entry howe-richard-earl
1725 AD (search for this): entry howe-richard-earl
Howe, Richard, Earl 1725-1799
Naval officer; born in England, March 19, 1725; was educated at Westminster and Eton; and succeeded to the Irish viscounty and the family estate on the death of his brother, George Augustus Howe, killed near Ticonderoga in 1758.
In 1739 he was a midshipman in Anson's fleet, and was made post-captain for gallantry in 1745.
He entered Parliament in 1757, and in 1765 was made treasurer of the British navy.
In October, 1770, he was promoted to
Richard Howe. rearadmiral of the blue, and in 1776 was sent to command the British fleet on the American station, charged with a commission, jointly with his brother, William Howe, to make peace with or war upon the Americans.
They failed to secure peace, and made war. After leaving the Delaware with his fleet, in 1778, he had an encounter off Rhode Island with a French fleet, under the Count d'estaing, when he disappeared from the American waters.
In 1782 he was made admiral of the blue, and created an Engl
August 5th, 1799 AD (search for this): entry howe-richard-earl
1758 AD (search for this): entry howe-richard-earl
Howe, Richard, Earl 1725-1799
Naval officer; born in England, March 19, 1725; was educated at Westminster and Eton; and succeeded to the Irish viscounty and the family estate on the death of his brother, George Augustus Howe, killed near Ticonderoga in 1758.
In 1739 he was a midshipman in Anson's fleet, and was made post-captain for gallantry in 1745.
He entered Parliament in 1757, and in 1765 was made treasurer of the British navy.
In October, 1770, he was promoted to
Richard Howe. rearadmiral of the blue, and in 1776 was sent to command the British fleet on the American station, charged with a commission, jointly with his brother, William Howe, to make peace with or war upon the Americans.
They failed to secure peace, and made war. After leaving the Delaware with his fleet, in 1778, he had an encounter off Rhode Island with a French fleet, under the Count d'estaing, when he disappeared from the American waters.
In 1782 he was made admiral of the blue, and created an Engl
1787 AD (search for this): entry howe-richard-earl
March 19th, 1725 AD (search for this): entry howe-richard-earl
Howe, Richard, Earl 1725-1799
Naval officer; born in England, March 19, 1725; was educated at Westminster and Eton; and succeeded to the Irish viscounty and the family estate on the death of his brother, George Augustus Howe, killed near Ticonderoga in 1758.
In 1739 he was a midshipman in Anson's fleet, and was made post-captain for gallantry in 1745.
He entered Parliament in 1757, and in 1765 was made treasurer of the British navy.
In October, 1770, he was promoted to
Richard Howe. rearadmiral of the blue, and in 1776 was sent to command the British fleet on the American station, charged with a commission, jointly with his brother, William Howe, to make peace with or war upon the Americans.
They failed to secure peace, and made war. After leaving the Delaware with his fleet, in 1778, he had an encounter off Rhode Island with a French fleet, under the Count d'estaing, when he disappeared from the American waters.
In 1782 he was made admiral of the blue, and created an Engl
1757 AD (search for this): entry howe-richard-earl
Howe, Richard, Earl 1725-1799
Naval officer; born in England, March 19, 1725; was educated at Westminster and Eton; and succeeded to the Irish viscounty and the family estate on the death of his brother, George Augustus Howe, killed near Ticonderoga in 1758.
In 1739 he was a midshipman in Anson's fleet, and was made post-captain for gallantry in 1745.
He entered Parliament in 1757, and in 1765 was made treasurer of the British navy.
In October, 1770, he was promoted to
Richard Howe. rearadmiral of the blue, and in 1776 was sent to command the British fleet on the American station, charged with a commission, jointly with his brother, William Howe, to make peace with or war upon the Americans.
They failed to secure peace, and made war. After leaving the Delaware with his fleet, in 1778, he had an encounter off Rhode Island with a French fleet, under the Count d'estaing, when he disappeared from the American waters.
In 1782 he was made admiral of the blue, and created an Engl
1799 AD (search for this): entry howe-richard-earl
Howe, Richard, Earl 1725-1799
Naval officer; born in England, March 19, 1725; was educated at Westminster and Eton; and succeeded to the Irish viscounty and the family estate on the death of his brother, George Augustus Howe, killed near Ticonderoga in 1758.
In 1739 he was a midshipman in Anson's fleet, and was made post-captain for gallantry in 1745.
He entered Parliament in 1757, and in 1765 was made treasurer of the British navy.
In October, 1770, he was promoted to
Richard Howe. rearadmiral of the blue, and in 1776 was sent to command the British fleet on the American station, charged with a commission, jointly with his brother, William Howe, to make peace with or war upon the Americans.
They failed to secure peace, and made war. After leaving the Delaware with his fleet, in 1778, he had an encounter off Rhode Island with a French fleet, under the Count d'estaing, when he disappeared from the American waters.
In 1782 he was made admiral of the blue, and created an Engl
1765 AD (search for this): entry howe-richard-earl
Howe, Richard, Earl 1725-1799
Naval officer; born in England, March 19, 1725; was educated at Westminster and Eton; and succeeded to the Irish viscounty and the family estate on the death of his brother, George Augustus Howe, killed near Ticonderoga in 1758.
In 1739 he was a midshipman in Anson's fleet, and was made post-captain for gallantry in 1745.
He entered Parliament in 1757, and in 1765 was made treasurer of the British navy.
In October, 1770, he was promoted to
Richard Howe. rearadmiral of the blue, and in 1776 was sent to command the British fleet on the American station, charged with a commission, jointly with his brother, William Howe, to make peace with or war upon the Americans.
They failed to secure peace, and made war. After leaving the Delaware with his fleet, in 1778, he had an encounter off Rhode Island with a French fleet, under the Count d'estaing, when he disappeared from the American waters.
In 1782 he was made admiral of the blue, and created an Engl
1797 AD (search for this): entry howe-richard-earl