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Admiral Robert Man (died 1783) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station.
Naval career
Man joined the Royal Navy on 17 September 1740. Promoted to captain in June 1745, he took command of the fifth-rate HMS Launceston in 1745, the fifth-rate HMS Lynn in 1746 and the fourth-rate HMS Anson in 1755. He went on to command the sloop HMS Porcupine in 1757, the third-rate HMS Prince Frederick in 1758 and the third-rate HMS Lancaster later that year before commanding the third-rate HMS Cornwall in 1760.
He became commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands Station in 1769 and established a naval hospital at Antigua. He went on to be commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1774 and a Lord of the Admiralty in April 1779.