, British naval officer; served through Seven Years' War (1756-63); captured French settlement of Gorâee (1758); commanded leading ship in battle of Quiberon Bay (1759); second in command at capture of Havana (1762). Whig M.P. (1761-80); vice admiral (1770); commander in chief of grand fleet (1778-79); met French in indecisive action off Ushant, allowed French to escape (1778); acquitted by ...