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Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves
Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves KB (23 October 1725 – 9 February 1802) was a British Admiral of the Royal Navy and colonial official. He served in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. He was also the Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland for a period of time.
Naval career.
Graves was the second son of Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves of Thanckes in Cornwall.
In the first year of the Seven Years' War, Graves failed
Thomas Graves, 2nd Baron Graves
Thomas North Graves, 2nd Baron Graves (28 May 1775 – 7 February 1830) was a British peer and Member of Parliament.
Graves was the son of Admiral Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves. He succeeded his father as second Baron Graves in 1802, but as this was an Irish peerage it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords. He was instead elected to the House of Commons for Okehampton in 1812, a seat he held until 1818,