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Admiral Edward Hawke 1st Baron of Towton

Edward volunteered into the Navy in 1720 aged 15 in 1720. By 1744 he was commander of the Berwick at the Battle of Toulon. He was made rear-admiral in 1747 and became commander of the Fleet the following year, and appointed admiral in 1757.

In 1759 he commanded a squadron to blockade Brest which helped prevent a French invasion. The French, attempted to join a fleet at Quiberon Bay, but Hawke intercepted them, and at the battle of Quiberon Bay, on 20 November 1759, defeated the French and ended the invasion threat, which also ended the French naval activity for the rest of the war.

In 1762, he captured some Spanish treasure-ships and reaped the rewards to gain great wealth. He then retired from active service.

He became first lord of the Admiralty, in 1766, and was made Admiral of the Fleet in 1768.

He was created the 1st Baron Hawke of Great Britain in 1776.

It is said that Captain James Cook named Hawkes Bay after Admiral Hawke during an expedition in the mid seventeenth century, while searching for new land and resourses. Today, the town is still known as Hawkes Bay.

A marble memorial, designed by John Francis Moore, was erected at St Nicholas' Church, North Stoneham, Hampshire, on 29 Aug 1783, and has the following tribute:

This Monument is Sacred to the Memory of
Edward Hawke Lord Hawke Baron of Towton in the County of York.
Knight of the Bath. Admiral and Commander in Chief of the Fleet
Vice Admiral of Great Britain & who died October the 17th 1781 Aged 76.

The Bravery of his Soul was equal to the Dangers he encountered,
The Cautious intrepidity of his Deliberations Superior even to the Conquests he Obtained,
The Annals of his Life compass a Period of Naval Glory unparalleld in later time
For wherever he sailed Victory attended him.
A Prince unsolicited conferred on him Dignities which he Distained to ask.

This monument is also Sacred to the Memory of
Catherine Lady Hawke, his Wife, the beauty of whose person was Excelled only
by the accomplished Elegance of her Mind. She died October the 17th 1756 Aged 36
In the Conjugal, Parental and Social Duties of Private Life
They were equalled by few, excelled by none

A detailed biography of Admiral Edward Hawke can be found here:
http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/HAN_HEG/HAWKE_EDWARD_HAWKE_BARON_1705_.html