William Hall Gage

William Hall Gage

Sir William Hall Gage (2 October 17774 January 1864) was Second Sea Lord and
Admiral of the Fleet in the British Navy. He was the third son of General Thomas Gage, leader of British forces at the start of the American Revolution.

By 1846 Gage was serving as Vice-Admiral. In 1862, he was named Admiral of the Fleet.

He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) and a Knight Grand Cross of Royal Guelphic Order (GCH). He died at the age of 87 at Bury St Edmunds, in early 1864.

"Gage Cape", a rocky promontory at the eastern edge of Ross Island near Antarctica, was named after him by Sir James Clark Ross. A marble memorial to him was erected at St Peter's Church, Thurston, Suffolk.

ee also

* William Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage His uncle
* Gage Roads

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