# Joseph Peyton

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{{Short description|Royal Navy Admiral (1725–1804)}}
{{For|the American politician in Tennessee|Joseph Hopkins Peyton}}
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|honorific_prefix = [Admiral](/source/Admiral_(Royal_Navy))
|name             = Joseph Peyton
|birth_date       = {{birth-date|1725}}
|death_date       = {{death date and age|1804|09|27|1725|df=y}}
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|allegiance       = [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
|branch           = [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy)
|service_years    = {{circa}}1743–1804
|rank             = [Admiral](/source/Admiral_(Royal_Navy))
|commands         = [HMS ''Savage''](/source/HMS_Savage_(1750))<br />[HMS ''Prince George''](/source/HMS_Duke_(1682))<br />[HMS ''Saint George''](/source/HMS_Charles_(1668))<br/>[HMS ''Prince''](/source/HMS_Triumph_(1698))<br />[HMS ''Aquilon''](/source/HMS_Aquilon_(1758))<br/>[HMS ''Minerva''](/source/HMS_Minerva_(1759))<br />[HMS ''Belleisle''](/source/HMS_Belleisle_(1761))<br />[HMS ''Modeste''](/source/HMS_Modeste_(1759))<br/>[HMS ''Cumberland''](/source/HMS_Cumberland_(1774))<br />[HMS ''Britannia''](/source/HMS_Britannia_(1762))<br/>[Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet)<br />[Downs Station](/source/Downs_Station)
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|battles          = {{Tree list}}
*[War of the Austrian Succession](/source/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession)
**[Battle of Toulon](/source/Battle_of_Toulon_(1744))
*[Seven Years' War](/source/Seven_Years'_War)
**[Battle of Lagos](/source/Battle_of_Lagos)
*[American Revolutionary War](/source/American_Revolutionary_War)
**[First Battle of Ushant](/source/Battle_of_Ushant_(1778))
**[Battle of Cape St. Vincent](/source/Battle_of_Cape_St._Vincent_(1780))
**[Second Battle of Ushant](/source/Battle_of_Ushant_(1781))
**[Battle of Cape Spartel](/source/Battle_of_Cape_Spartel)
*[French Revolutionary Wars](/source/French_Revolutionary_Wars)
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[Admiral](/source/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)) '''Joseph Peyton''' (1725 – 27 September 1804) was a [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer who became commander-in-chief of the [Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet).

==Naval career==
Peyton joined the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) on 4 June 1743.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://morethannelson.com/officer/joseph-peyton/|title=Joseph Peyton|publisher=More than Nelson|accessdate=20 November 2016}}</ref> Promoted to [commander](/source/commander) in March 1756, he took command of the [sloop](/source/Sloop-of-war) [HMS ''Savage''](/source/HMS_Savage_(1750)) in 1756 and the [second-rate](/source/second-rate) [HMS ''Prince George''](/source/HMS_Duke_(1682)) in 1757.<ref name=3d>{{cite web|url=http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_crewman&id=1491|title=Joseph Peyton|publisher=Three Decks|accessdate=20 November 2016}}</ref> Promoted to [captain](/source/Captain_(Royal_Navy)) in December 1757, he went on to command the second rate [HMS ''Prince''](/source/HMS_Triumph_(1698)) in 1759 and saw action at the [Battle of Lagos](/source/Battle_of_Lagos) in August 1759 during the [Seven Years' War](/source/Seven_Years'_War).<ref name=3d/>

Peyton went on to command the [fifth-rate](/source/fifth-rate) [HMS ''Minerva''](/source/HMS_Minerva_(1759)) in 1762, the [third-rate](/source/third-rate) [HMS ''Belleisle''](/source/HMS_Belleisle_(1761)) in 1766 and the third-rate [HMS ''Cumberland''](/source/HMS_Cumberland_(1774)) in 1777.<ref name=3d/> In HMS ''Cumberland'' he saw action at the [Battle of Ushant](/source/Battle_of_Ushant_(1778)) in July 1778 and at the first [Battle of Cape St Vincent](/source/Battle_of_Cape_St._Vincent_(1780)) in 1780, during the [Anglo-French War](/source/Anglo-French_War_(1778%E2%80%931783)).<ref name=3d/> He became commander-in-chief of the [Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet) in 1789 and commander-in-chief of [the Downs](/source/Downs_Station) in 1794.<ref name=3d/>

==References==
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{{succession box|title=[Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet](/source/Mediterranean_Fleet)|before=[Phillips Cosby](/source/Phillips_Cosby)|after=[Samuel Goodall](/source/Samuel_Goodall)|years=1789–1792}}
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{{s-bef|before=[John MacBride](/source/John_MacBride_(Royal_Navy_officer))}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Commander-in-Chief, The Downs](/source/Downs_Station)|years=1794&ndash;1796}}
{{s-aft|after=[John Bazely](/source/John_Bazely)<br /><small>(Acting)</small>}}
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Category:Royal Navy admirals
Category:1725 births
Category:1804 deaths

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