Joseph Peyton
Admiral Joseph Peyton (1725–1804) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. Naval career. Peyton joined the Royal Navy on 4 June 1743. Promoted to commander in March 1756, he took command of the sloop HMS "Savage" in 1756 and the second-rate HMS "Prince George" in 1757. Promoted to captain in December 1757, he went on to command the second rate HMS "Prince" in 1759 and saw action at the Battle of Lagos in August 1759 during the Seven Years' War. Peyton went on to command the fifth-rate HMS "Minerva  in 1762, the third-rate HMS Belleisle" in 1766 and the third-rate HMS "Cumberland" in 1777. In HMS "Cumberland" he saw action at the Battle of Ushant in July 1778 and at the first Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780, during the Anglo-French War. He became commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1789 and commander-in-chief of the Downs in 1794.