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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.
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.
- 9 de janeiro de 1735, Meaford Hall
- Reino da Grã-Bretanha
- Church of St Michael, Stone
- 13 de março de 1823 (88 anos), Brentwood
John Jervis 1st Earl of St. Vincent. 1735-1823. He was born on 9 January 1735 at Meaford Hall in Staffordshire, the second and younger son of a barrister-at-law, Swynfen Jervis. His mother, Elizabeth, was a distant cousin of Admiral Lord Anson and the sister of the Whig politician, Sir Thomas Parker.
At the age of 60, Jervis was an immensely experienced seaman who quickly recognized Nelson’s qualities and who regarded Nelson “more as an associate than a subordinate Officer.” The arrival of Jervis coincided with an upsurge…
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.
John Bloomfield Jervis (December 14, 1795 – January 12, 1885) was an American civil engineer. America's leading consulting engineer of the antebellum era (1820–60), Jervis designed and supervised the construction of five of America's earliest railroads, was chief engineer of three major canal projects, designed the famous ...
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 ...
