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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. Jervis served throughout the latter half of the 18th century and into the 19th, and was an active commander during the Seven Years' War , American War of ...
John Jervis. 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. O conde St Vincent prestou serviço durante toda a o final da segunda metade do século XVIII e ...
- 9 de janeiro de 1735, Meaford Hall
- Reino da Grã-Bretanha
- Church of St Michael, Stone
- 13 de março de 1823 (88 anos), Brentwood
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.
John Jervis, 1st Viscount St. Vincent (1734 - 1823) RA Collection: People and Organisations. 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.
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…
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 · JOHN EARL OF ST. VINCENT, Viscount St. Vincent, and Baron Jervis; an Admiral of the Fleet; General of the Royal Marines; a Privy Counsellor in Great Britain; one of the Council of State for the Duchy of Cornwall; Knight Grand Cross of the most honourable Military Order of the Bath; and of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword ...
