Admiral Lord Howe

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Admiral Lord Howe was an 18th-century British naval officer renowned for his leadership in major fleet actions against France, including the celebrated Glorious First of June.

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Label Occurrences
Admiral Lord Howe canonical 1
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy officer ⓘ
admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
allegiance Great Britain ⓘ
awardReceived Order of the Garter ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
commanded Channel Fleet ⓘ
North American Station ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1726-03-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1799-08-05 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup British ⓘ
familyName Howe ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
honorificPrefix Admiral ⓘ
Lord ⓘ
knownFor naval reforms and administration ⓘ
tactical skill in fleet actions ⓘ
victory at the Glorious First of June ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral of the Fleet ⓘ
monarchServed George II of Great Britain ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Howe ⓘ
Earl Howe ⓘ
Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe ⓘ
surface form: Viscount Howe
notableWork defence of Gibraltar 1779–1783 ⓘ
surface form: Relief of Gibraltar (1782)

command in the New York and Philadelphia campaigns ⓘ
command of the British fleet at the Glorious First of June ⓘ
occupation naval officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
positionHeld First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Treasurer of the Navy ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Lord George Howe ⓘ
surface form: George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe

Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe ⓘ
surface form: William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
spouse Mary Hartopp ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Channel Fleet → notableCommander → Admiral Lord Howe ⓘ
Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe → sibling → Admiral Lord Howe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe