page_title: Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
section_title: Cultural references
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke / Cultural references
caption_attribution_description: English: Monument to Admiral Lord Hawke - St Nicolas' church, North Stoneham (detail 2)
context_page_description: Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, KB, PC, of Scarthingwell Hall in the parish of Towton, near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, was a Royal Navy officer. As captain of the third-rate HMS Berwick, he took part in the Battle of Toulon in February 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession. He also captured six ships of a French squadron in the Bay of Biscay in the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747.
  Hawke went on to achieve a victory over a French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759 during the Seven Years' War, preventing a French invasion of Britain. He developed the concept of a Western Squadron, keeping an almost continuous blockade of the French coast throughout the war.
  Hawke also sat in the House of Commons from 1747 to 1776 and served as First Lord of the Admiralty for five years between 1766 and 1771. In this post, he was successful in bringing the navy's spending under control and also oversaw the mobilisation of the navy during the Falklands Crisis in 1770.
context_section_description: His memorial, carved by John Francis Moore and depicting the Battle of Quiberon Bay, is in St. Nicolas' Church, North Stoneham
  In the iconic 1883 novel Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson has Long John Silver claim that he "Served in the Royal Navy and lost his leg under "the immortal Hawke"."
  Places named after Hawke include:
  Australia
  Cape Hawke in New South Wales,
  New Zealand
  Hawke Bay and subsequently Hawke's Bay Region in North Island,
  Canada
  Hawke's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
  Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.
  Royal Navy ships named in Hawke's honour
  The 74-gun Black Prince-class ship of the line HMS Hawke launched in 1820.
  Edgar-class cruiser HMS Hawke built in 1891.
caption: A view of Hawke's memorial, carved by John Francis Moore in St. Nicolas' Church, North Stoneham
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