Sir Peter Warren was much feted after his daring capture from the French of Fortress Louisburg on Cape Breton in 1745. On his return to England from North America the following year he was named second-in-command to Anson in the Bay of Biscay, where in May 1747 they crushed a French fleet off Cape Ortegal, a feat which gained Warren some ?31,496 in prize money and the Order of the Bath. His extensive land holdings at his death included much of Greenwich Village on Manhattan Island.