Peter Puget was an officer in the British Royal Navy. His family had previously fled France for Britain during Louis XIV's persecution of the Huguenots. Puget served under Captain James Vashon in the West Indies and as a lieutenant under Captain George Vancouver during his exploration of North America's Pacific Coast from 1791-94 aboard the HMS Discovery. Perhaps his most lasting fame is that the Puget Sound was named after him by Captain Vancouver, in what is now western Washington State, USA.

Peter Puget lived from 1765-1822, and achieved the rank of Rear Admiral (1821) and was knighted.