Admiral Richard Howe Lives No More...

On this day, 1799, Great Britain mourned the loss of Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe. Admiral Howe was the commander of the British Navy in the North American theatre during the American Revolutionary War, until his resignation in 1778. We was the brother of the British General Sir William Howe, commander of the British Army in the colonies during the American Revolutionary War. Both considered themselves members of the Whig party, the Howe brothers considered themselves agents of peace appointed by the crown to achieve a peaceful resolution to the war, and as such were both respected by the American colonists for their semi sympathetic stances. Admiral Howe was present at the famed peace talks with American delegates for the Second Continental Congress in 1776, although a peaceful
resolution was not agreed upon.