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Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1 July 1731 – 4 August 1804) was a British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown (north of Haarlem) on 11 October 1797. This victory was considered one of the most significant actions in naval history.
==Life==
Adam was the second son of Alexander Duncan of Lundie, Angus, (d. May 1777) Provost of Dundee, and his wife (and first cousin once removed) Helen, daughter of John Haldane of Gleneagles, was born at Dundee. In 1746, after receiving his education in Dundee, he entered the Royal Navy on board the sloop ''Trial'', under Captain Robert Haldane, with whom, in HMS ''Trial'' and afterwards in HMS ''Shoreham'', he continued till the peace in 1748. In 1749 he was appointed to HMS ''Centurion'', then commissioned for service in the Mediterranean, by the Hon. Augustus Keppel (afterwards Viscount Keppel), with whom he was afterwards in HMS ''Norwich'' on the coast of North America, and was confirmed in the rank of lieutenant on 10 January 1755.
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