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title="Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth">Plymouth Command</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/American_War_of_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="American War of Independence">American War of Independence</a><br /><a href="/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Elizabeth Williams</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1771)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graves,_2nd_Baron_Graves" title="Thomas Graves, 2nd Baron Graves">Thomas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_van_der_Smissen,_2nd_Baron_van_der_Smissen" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred van der Smissen, 2nd Baron van der Smissen">Alfred van der Smissen, 2nd Baron van der Smissen</a>, his great-nephew.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral (Royal Navy)">Admiral</a> <b>Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves</b>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">KB</a> (23 October 1725 – 9 February 1802) was a British officer of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> and a colonial official. He served in the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_War_of_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="American War of Independence">American War of Independence</a>. He was also the <a href="/wiki/Commodore-Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Commodore-Governor">Commodore-Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Newfoundland" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a> for a period of time.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Graves,_1st_Baron_Graves&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in England in October 1725, Graves was the second son of Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves of Thanckes in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Graves' first military experience was as a volunteer with Commodore <a href="/wiki/Henry_Medley" title="Henry Medley">Henry Medley</a>'s crew around 1740. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1743, and captain in 1755. In the first year of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>, Graves failed to confront a French ship which gave challenge.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was tried by <a href="/wiki/Court-martial" title="Court-martial">court-martial</a> for not engaging his ship, and reprimanded.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Graves became <a href="/wiki/Commodore-Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Commodore-Governor">Commodore-Governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Newfoundland" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a> in 1761<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and given the duty of convoying the seasonal fishing fleet from England to the island. In 1762 he learned that French ships had captured <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s,_Newfoundland" class="mw-redirect" title="St. John's, Newfoundland">St. John's</a>. Graves, Admiral <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Colville,_7th_Lord_Colville_of_Culross" title="Alexander Colville, 7th Lord Colville of Culross">Alexander Colville</a> and Colonel <a href="/wiki/William_Amherst_(British_Army_officer)" title="William Amherst (British Army officer)">William Amherst</a> retook the port city.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the end of the Seven Years' War, <a href="/wiki/Labrador" title="Labrador">Labrador</a> came under his responsibility as French fishing fleets returned to the <a href="/wiki/French_Shore" title="French Shore">French Shore</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Pierre_and_Miquelon" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Pierre and Miquelon">St. Pierre and Miquelon</a>. Graves strictly enforced the treaties to the extent that the French government protested. Graves' governorship ended in 1764. He returned to active service during the <a href="/wiki/American_War_of_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="American War of Independence">American War of Independence</a> and became commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/North_America_and_West_Indies_Station" title="North America and West Indies Station">North American Squadron</a> in 1781.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when <a href="/wiki/Mariot_Arbuthnot" title="Mariot Arbuthnot">Mariot Arbuthnot</a> returned home. </p><p>During the American Revolution, his fleet was defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Paul,_marquis_de_Grasetilly,_comte_de_Grasse" class="mw-redirect" title="François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse">Comte de Grasse</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Chesapeake" title="Battle of the Chesapeake">Battle of the Chesapeake</a> at the mouth of <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a> on 5 September 1781, leading to the surrender of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis" title="Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis">Lord Cornwallis</a> at <a href="/wiki/Yorktown,_Virginia" title="Yorktown, Virginia">Yorktown</a>. </p><p>In September 1782, a fleet under his command was caught in <a href="/wiki/1782_Central_Atlantic_hurricane" title="1782 Central Atlantic hurricane">a violent storm</a> off the banks of Newfoundland. The captured French ships from the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Saintes" title="Battle of the Saintes">Battle of the Saintes</a> <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Ville_de_Paris_(1764)" title="French ship Ville de Paris (1764)"><i>Ville de Paris</i></a> (110 guns) and <a href="/wiki/French_ship_Glorieux_(1756)" title="French ship Glorieux (1756)">HMS <i>Glorieux</i></a> (74 guns), and the British ships <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ramillies_(1763)" title="HMS Ramillies (1763)">HMS <i>Ramillies</i></a> (74 guns) and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Centaur_(1759)" title="HMS Centaur (1759)"><i>Centaur</i></a> (74 guns) foundered, along with other merchant ships, with the loss of 3,500 lives. In 1786 Graves became <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Plymouth" title="Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth">Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a>, Graves was second in command to Admiral <a href="/wiki/Richard_Howe" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Howe">Richard Howe</a> at the British victory over the <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Glorious_First_of_June" title="Glorious First of June">Battle of the Glorious First of June</a> 1794. Graves became a full admiral and was awarded an <a href="/wiki/Irish_peerage" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish peerage">Irish peerage</a> as <b>Baron Graves</b>, of Gravesend in the <a href="/wiki/County_Londonderry" title="County Londonderry">County of Londonderry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Graves,_1st_Baron_Graves&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lord Graves married Elizabeth, daughter of William Peere Williams, in 1771. The couple had a son, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Graves,_2nd_Baron_Graves" title="Thomas Graves, 2nd Baron Graves">Thomas</a>, in 1775. Following several battle injuries, Graves retired to his <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> estate in 1794, and died in February 1802, aged 76.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arms">Arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Graves,_1st_Baron_Graves&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/150px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/225px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/300px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="179" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Graves_Escutcheon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Graves_Escutcheon.png/200px-Graves_Escutcheon.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Graves_Escutcheon.png/300px-Graves_Escutcheon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Graves_Escutcheon.png/400px-Graves_Escutcheon.png 2x" data-file-width="492" data-file-height="564" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Crest</dt> <dd>A demi-eagle displayed and erased Or encircled round the body and below the wings by a ducal coronet Argent.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Gules an eagle displayed Or ducally crowned Argent. On a canton of the last an anchor Proper.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>Two royal vultures wings close Proper.</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>Aquila Non Captat Muscas <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Graves,_1st_Baron_Graves&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador_lieutenant-governors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Newfoundland and Labrador lieutenant-governors">Governors of Newfoundland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" class="mw-redirect" title="List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador">List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Graves,_1st_Baron_Graves&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-odnb_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-odnb_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-odnb_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-odnb_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-odnb_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-odnb_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-odnb_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11319?docPos=2">Article by Kenneth Breen, ‘Graves, Thomas, first Baron Graves (1725–1802)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008; Retrieved 4 June 2008</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/csus/towns/torpoint/torpoint.htm">Historic Cornwall website: Thanckes estate near Torpoint.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/34418725/">"Admiral Graves, we hear, will succeed Admiral Milbanke in the Station of Port Admiral at Plymouth"</a>. The Public Advertiser. 22 February 1786. p. 2<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 January</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Admiral+Graves%2C+we+hear%2C+will+succeed+Admiral+Milbanke+in+the+Station+of+Port+Admiral+at+Plymouth&rft.pages=2&rft.pub=The+Public+Advertiser&rft.date=1786-02-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fnewspage%2F34418725%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Graves%2C+1st+Baron+Graves" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">London Gazette no. 13727. p. 1178</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150912103846/http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/naval-baron-graves.php">"Graves, 1st Baron Thomas (1725-1802)"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/naval-baron-graves.php">the original</a> on 12 September 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Graves%2C+1st+Baron+Thomas+%281725-1802%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heritage.nf.ca%2Farticles%2Fpolitics%2Fnaval-baron-graves.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Graves%2C+1st+Baron+Graves" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Burke's Peerage</i>. 1949.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Burke%27s+Peerage&rft.date=1949&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Graves%2C+1st+Baron+Graves" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Graves,_1st_Baron_Graves&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). <i>Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage</i> (1990 edition). 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(February 2012)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Graves,_1st_Baron_Graves&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g21.html">Biography at Government House <i>The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador</i></a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2431">"Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_Canadian_Biography" title="Dictionary of Canadian Biography">Dictionary of Canadian Biography</a></i> (online ed.). <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto_Press" title="University of Toronto Press">University of Toronto Press</a>. 1979–2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Thomas+Graves%2C+1st+Baron+Graves&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+Canadian+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=University+of+Toronto+Press&rft.date=1979%2F2016&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biographi.ca%2F009004-119.01-e.php%3F%26id_nbr%3D2431&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Graves%2C+1st+Baron+Graves" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="Parliament of Great Britain">Parliament of Great Britain</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Buller_(1721%E2%80%931786)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Buller (1721–1786)">John Buller</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_Whitworth_(MP)" title="Charles Whitworth (MP)">Sir Charles Whitworth</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/East_Looe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Looe (UK Parliament constituency)">Member of Parliament for East Looe</a> </b><br />1775 <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/John_Buller_(1721%E2%80%931786)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Buller (1721–1786)">John Buller</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Buller_(1721%E2%80%931786)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Buller (1721–1786)">John Buller</a><br /><a href="/wiki/William_Graves_(MP)" title="William Graves (MP)">William Graves</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid 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Viscount Muskerry">Muskerry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FitzRoy_Henry_Lee" title="FitzRoy Henry Lee">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Vanbrugh" title="Philip Vanbrugh">Vanbrugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Medley" title="Henry Medley">Medley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Smith_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Thomas Smith (Royal Navy officer)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Byng" title="John Byng">Byng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Smith_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Thomas Smith (Royal Navy officer)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hardy" title="Charles Hardy">Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Edwards_(Royal_Navy_officer,_died_1773)" title="Richard Edwards (Royal Navy officer, died 1773)">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Douglas,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Watson_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Charles Watson (Royal Navy officer)">Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Brydges_Rodney,_1st_Baron_Rodney" class="mw-redirect" title="George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney">Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_William_Drake" title="Francis William Drake">Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Bonfoy" title="Hugh Bonfoy">Bonfoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dorrill" title="Richard Dorrill">Dorrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Edwards_(Royal_Navy_officer,_died_1795)" title="Richard Edwards (Royal Navy officer, died 1795)">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Webb_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="James Webb (Royal Navy officer)">Webb</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Graves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Palliser" title="Hugh Palliser">Palliser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Byron" title="John Byron">Byron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molyneux_Shuldham,_1st_Baron_Shuldham" title="Molyneux Shuldham, 1st Baron Shuldham">Shuldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duff_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Robert Duff (Royal Navy officer)">Duff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Montagu_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Montagu (Royal Navy officer)">Montagu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Edwards_(Royal_Navy_officer,_died_1795)" title="Richard Edwards (Royal Navy officer, died 1795)">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Campbell_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Campbell (Royal Navy officer)">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Elliot_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Elliot (Royal Navy officer)">Elliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Milbanke" title="Mark Milbanke">Milbanke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_King,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wallace_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="James Wallace (Royal Navy officer)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Waldegrave,_1st_Baron_Radstock" title="William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock">Waldegrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Pole,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Pole, 1st Baronet">Pole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gambier,_1st_Baron_Gambier" title="James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier">Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erasmus_Gower" title="Erasmus Gower">Gower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Holloway_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Holloway (Royal Navy officer)">Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Duckworth,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet">Duckworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Goodwin_Keats" title="Richard Goodwin Keats">Keats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Pickmore" title="Francis Pickmore">Pickmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Hamilton,_2nd_Baronet,_of_Trebinshun_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Trebinshun House">Hamilton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civil Governors<br />(1825–1855)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_John_Cochrane" title="Thomas John Cochrane">Cochrane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Prescott" title="Henry Prescott">Prescott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Harvey_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Harvey (British Army officer)">Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Law_(British_Army_officer)" title="Robert Law (British Army officer)">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Le_Marchant_(British_Army_officer,_born_1803)" title="John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1803)">Le Marchant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ker_Baillie-Hamilton" title="Ker Baillie-Hamilton">Hamilton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colonial Governors<br />(1855–1907)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Henry_Darling" title="Charles Henry 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