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John Jervis, 1. Earl of St. Vincent, GCB PC (* 9. Januar 1735 in Meaford Hall, Staffordshire; † 14. März 1823 in Rochetts) war ein britischer Admiral . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Ehrung. 3 Literatur. 4 Weblinks. 5 Einzelnachweise. Leben.
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 ...
Earl of St. Vincent war ein britischer erblicher Adelstitel in der Peerage of Great Britain. Der Titel wurde am 27. Mai 1797 für Sir John Jervis , den berühmten britischen Admiral und Sieger der Seeschlacht am Kap St. Vincent (1797), geschaffen wurde.
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.
21. Feb. 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 ...
Admiral John Jervis, 1735-1823, 1st Earl of St Vincent. Jervis, Staffordshire-born son of a lawyer, was educated at Burton-on-Trent Grammar School and at Swinden's (formerly Weston's) school, Greenwich, a fellow pupil at the latter being James Wolfe, with whom he later served in the capture of Quebec.
When the Spanish fleet sailed early in 1797 he intercepted and defeated it off Cape St Vincent in the action that first brought Nelson to public fame, and was himself created Earl of St Vincent. With Admiralty approval he was responsible for detaching Nelson to reconnoitre the Mediterranean early in 1798 and then reinforcing him with the ...
