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John Jervis GCB, PC [1] (Meaford Hall, Staffordshire, 9 de janeiro de 1735 — Brentwood, 13 de março de 1823), 1.º Conde de St Vincent, foi um almirante da Marinha Real Britânica e membro do Parlamento do Reino Unido.
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC (9 January 1735 – 13 March 1823) was an admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
A biography of John Jervis, a British naval officer who rose from a humble background to become a prominent admiral and politician. Learn about his early career, his actions in various wars, his promotion to admiral and his legacy.
Admiral Sir John Jervis commanded the British at Cape St. Vincent. With the British forced out of the Mediterranean, Jervis relied on friendly Portugal for a base while patrolling with his fleet in the Atlantic off Cape St. Vincent.
Há 6 dias · Officer in the British navy, in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and the English Channel. Was made Earl of St. Vincent in 1797, after leading the British fleet to victory over the combined French and Spanish fleets off Cape St. Vincent.
21 de fev. de 2024 · Sir John Jervis was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Sept. 24, 1787; and in the armament of 1790, had his flag flying on board the Prince, of 98 guns. His quarter-deck was full of young gentlemen, cadets of some of the first families in the kingdom, who made the greatest interest to place them as midshipmen with so distinguished ...
John Jervis was the second of four children of Swynfen Jervis of Meaford in Stone, Staffordshire. Jervis was educated at Burton-upon-Trent grammar school and at the Reverend Samuel Swinden’s academy in Greenwich from 1742.
