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Admiral Phillips Cosby was a Royal Navy officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War.

Naval career
Cosby joined the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman in 1747. He was given command of a schooner at the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758 and was present at the capture of Quebec in 1759. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1785, Commander-in-Chief at Cork in 1790, and Port Admiral at Plymouth in 1792. ==Family==
Family
In 1792 he married Eliza Hurst, née Gunthorpe. ==References==
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