Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth

The Viscount Exmouth
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, portrait by James Northcote, 1804
Born(1757-04-19)19 April 1757
Dover, England
Died23 January 1833(1833-01-23) (aged 75)
Teignmouth, Devon, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1770–1820
RankAdmiral
Commands heldCommander-in-Chief, East Indies
Mediterranean Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
Battles/warsAmerican War of Independence
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Second Barbary War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
RelationsIsrael Pellew (brother)

Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (19 April 1757 – 23 January 1833) was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother Israel Pellew also pursued a naval career.


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