Admiral of the White Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet 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.
- Occupation
- naval officer, politician, admiral
- Position held
- member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain, First Sea Lord, Comptroller of the Navy
