Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet (26 February 1723[a] – 19 March 1796) was a Royal Navy officer. As captain of the 58-gun HMS Eagle he engaged and...
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Look up Palliser in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Palliser may refer to: Anthony Palliser (born 1949), British painter Arthur Palliser (1890–1956)...
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Revolutionary War Keppel came into a notorious dispute with Sir Hugh Palliser over Palliser's conduct as his second-in-command at the inconclusive Battle...
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both feature Cape Palliser. Cape Palliser was named in 1770 by Captain James Cook in honour of his friend Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser of the British Royal...
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the captain of the ship. He was governor of Newfoundland following Hugh Palliser, who left in 1768. He circumnavigated the world as a commodore with...
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gave the order for the rear division, several miles away under Sir Hugh Palliser, to chase to windward. At 9 a.m., the French, who had hitherto been...
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Pallisers The Palliser Islands or Pallisers are a subgroup of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. They are located in the very northwest of the main...
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War and the Treaty of Paris of 1763, Newfoundland's governor, Admiral Hugh Palliser, consolidated British control by carrying out the first systematic hydrographic...
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Palliser may refer to: Arthur Palliser (1890–1956), British Royal Navy admiral Henry Palliser (1839–1907), British Royal Navy admiral Hugh Palliser (1723–1796)...
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Buchan in 1811. Cartwright's expedition was commissioned by Governor Hugh Palliser; he found no Beothuk, but brought back important cultural information...
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