John Storr

Rear Admiral John Storr (18 August 1709 – 10 January 1783)[1] was an officer of the Royal Navy.

The interception of the French fleet was intended to limit the reinforcements sent to the aid of Louisbourg in North America, which was then besieged by the British.

He was then part of the Red Squadron, the central body of the fleet, under the command of Edward Hawke, admiral of the Blue.

[1] His wife was John Norris Gordon, noted at her death as an art collector and amateur artist.

[1] A marble tablet and bust was erected in the chapel of St John the Evangelist in Westminster Abbey in his memory.