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Graves, Thomas Graves, Baron, 1725?–1802, British admiral. During the American Revolution his fleet was routed (1781) by the comte de Grasse Grasse, François Joseph Paul, comte de (fräNswä` zhôzĕf` pōl kôNt də gräs)
..... Click the link for more information. at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, a defeat that led directly to Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown (see Yorktown campaign Yorktown campaign, 1781, the closing military operations of the American Revolution. After his unsuccessful Carolina campaign General Cornwallis moved into Virginia to join British forces there.
..... Click the link for more information. ). In the French Revolutionary Wars, Graves was second in command to Admiral Richard Howe Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726–99, British admiral; elder brother of Viscount Howe . He won early recognition in the Seven Years War for his operations in the English Channel.
..... Click the link for more information. in the victory over the French in 1794 and was subsequently raised to the peerage.