Admiral Holburne with his son, Francis Holburne (1752-1820) in a 1756 portrait by Joshua Reynolds
Born
1704
Died
15 July 1771
Allegiance
Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1720–1771
Rank
Admiral
Commands held
HMS Swift HMS Dolphin HMS Argyll HMS Pembroke HMS Kent HMS Tavistock HMS Ramillies Portsmouth Command Greenwich Hospital
Battles/wars
War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War
Arms of Holburne: Quarterly 1&4: gules, a fess couped between three crescents or; 2&3: Or, an orle gules,[1] as seen on his monument in St Mary Magdalen's Church, Richmond
Admiral Francis Holburne (1704 – 15 July 1771) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He served as commodore and commander-in-chief at the Leeward Islands during the War of the Austrian Succession and then took part in an operation to capture Louisbourg as part of the Louisbourg Expedition during the Seven Years' War. He went on to be Port Admiral at Portsmouth and then Senior Naval Lord. In retirement he became Governor of Greenwich Hospital. He also served as a Member of Parliament.
^Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1848. p. 520.
Admiral FrancisHolburne (1704 – 15 July 1771) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He served as commodore and commander-in-chief at the Leeward Islands...
Commodore FrancisHolburne. William took command of the 74-gun HMS Terrible in 1755, and Francis shifted his pennant to her. William Holburne took command...
The Holburne Museum (formerly known as the Holburne of Menstrie Museum and the Holburne Museum of Art) is located in Sydney Pleasure Gardens, Bath, Somerset...
Earl Howe Sir Charles Saunders Augustus Keppel Sir Peircy Brett Sir FrancisHolburne First Naval Lords (1771–1904) Augustus Hervey Sir Hugh Palliser Robert...
Earl Howe Sir Charles Saunders Augustus Keppel Sir Peircy Brett Sir FrancisHolburne First Naval Lords (1771–1904) Augustus Hervey Sir Hugh Palliser Robert...
2002, p. 144. Mackay 1973, p. 315. Heathcote 2002, p. 268. "Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford...
Battenberg assumed the post of First Sea Lord in succession to Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman. Military historian Hew Strachan contends that Battenberg "lacked...
Earl Howe Sir Charles Saunders Augustus Keppel Sir Peircy Brett Sir FrancisHolburne First Naval Lords (1771–1904) Augustus Hervey Sir Hugh Palliser Robert...
"Sir FrancisHolburne, Alice Brayne and their children". The Holburne Museum. Retrieved 20 April 2022. "Sir Thomas William Holburne". The Holburne Museum...
presiding officer was Admiral Thomas Smith, supported by rear admirals FrancisHolburne, Harry Norris and Thomas Broderick, and a panel of nine captains. The...
Earl Howe Sir Charles Saunders Augustus Keppel Sir Peircy Brett Sir FrancisHolburne First Naval Lords (1771–1904) Augustus Hervey Sir Hugh Palliser Robert...
Rear-Admiral of the Blue. In 1757, under the command of Vice Admiral FrancisHolburne, Hardy escorted Lord Loudoun and his army from New York to Halifax...
Earl Howe Sir Charles Saunders Augustus Keppel Sir Peircy Brett Sir FrancisHolburne First Naval Lords (1771–1904) Augustus Hervey Sir Hugh Palliser Robert...
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Kingdom of Great Britain
Royal Navy