Admiral Graves

Admiral Graves

At least two of the Graves family were Royal Navy admirals:

*Samuel Graves (1713-1787), fleet commander in America from 1774
*Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves (1725-1802), fleet commander in America from 1781, and in command during Napoleonic Wars


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