Hugh Palliser

Admiral
Sir Hugh Palliser
Bt
Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser Bt
	c. 1775 portrait of Palliser attributed to George Dance the Younger
Governor of Greenwich Hospital
	In office; 1780–1796
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Sir Charles Hardy
Succeeded by	Samuel Hood
First Naval Lord
	In office; 1775–1779
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Augustus Hervey
Succeeded by	Robert Man
Controller of the Navy
	In office; 1770–1775
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	George Cockburne
Succeeded by	Maurice Suckling
Member of the Great Britain Parliament; for Scarborough
	In office; 1774–1779 Serving with George Carpenter
Preceded by	Sir James Pennyman; George Carpenter
Succeeded by	Charles Phipps; George Carpenter
Member of the Great Britain Parliament; for Huntingdon
	In office; 1780–1784 Serving with Constantine Phipps
Preceded by	Sir George Wombwell; Constantine Phipps
Succeeded by	Sir Walter Rawlinson; Lancelot Brown
23rd Commodore Governor of Newfoundland
	In office; 1764–1768
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Thomas Graves
Succeeded by	John Byron
Personal details
Born	26 February 1723; Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire
Died	19 March 1796 (aged 73); Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
Military career
Allegiance	Great Britain
Branch	Royal Navy
Service years	1735–1796
Rank	Admiral
Commands	HMS Weazel; HMS Captain; HMS Sutherland; HMS Sheerness; HMS Yarmouth; HMS Seahorse; HMS Bristol; HMS Eagle; HMS Shrewsbury; HMS Guernsey; Newfoundland Station; Comptroller of the Navy; Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty; Greenwich Hospital
Conflicts	War of the Austrian Succession Battle of Toulon (1744); ; Seven Years' War Raid on St Malo; Battle of the Plains of Abraham; ; American War of Independence Battle of Ushant (1778); ;

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Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet (26 February 1723^[a] – 19 March 1796) was a Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator. 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. Palliser went on to serve as Commodore Governor of Newfoundland, then Controller of the Navy and then First Naval Lord. During the American Revolutionary War he came into a famous dispute with Augustus Keppel over his conduct as third-in-command of the Channel Fleet at the inconclusive Battle of Ushant in July 1778; the dispute led to Palliser being court-martialled; he was acquitted. In retirement Palliser became Governor of Greenwich Hospital.