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The Honorable Edward Hawke

1700-1900

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The Honorable Edward Hawke
  • Title
  • The Honorable Edward Hawke
  • Date
  • 1700-1900
  • Identifier
  • DARIMG1538
  • Description
  • Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, (1705–1781) was a naval officer of the Royal Navy. Born in London, he joined the navy in 1720, but did not see fighting until the Battle of Toulon in 1744. During the War of the Austrian Succession he was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1747 and in the same year captured six ships of a French squadron in the Bay of Biscay in the second battle of Cape Finisterre. In the Seven Years' War, Hawke replaced Admiral John Byng as commander in the Mediterranean in 1756.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • prints (visual works)
    engravings (prints)
  • Subject
  • Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781--Portraits.
    Engraving.
  • Source
  • DARIMAGE
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Darlington Digital Library
  • Rights Information
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