How Britain rewarded Duncan after Camperdown

Victory at Camperdown brought Duncan a large Naval Gold Medal, civic freedoms and presentation plate, and elevation as Viscount Duncan. His pension of 3,000 pounds extended to the next two heirs and was described as the largest yet awarded by the British government. Duncan's aunt still argued that a mere viscountcy was insufficient and pressed for an English earldom, which the Crown did not grant. The scale and dynastic reach of the reward show how Britain translated naval victory into public memory and hereditary status.