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Sir John Jennings

 
NationalityBritish
Date of Birth1664W031
Place of BirthDudleston Hall, ShropshireW031
FatherPhilip Jennings (d1697)W031
MotherChristina EytonW031
WifeAlice BretonW031
SonGeorge (d.1790)W031
Date of Death1743/12/23W031
Place of DeathGreenwichW031
ShipDate fromDate toEventSource
Lieutenant, 1687/05/12W032
Pearl 1687/05/121688/08LieutenantB051
Saint David 1688/08/271688/12LieutenantB051
Swallow 1688/12/221689/11/15LieutenantB051
Captain, 1689/11/16W032
Saint Paul 1689/11/161689/12/14As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1603
Experiment 16901692As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1603
Chester 1692/071693As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1603
Mary 1693/071694/12As Commanding OfficerB051
Winchester 1693/07 As Commanding OfficerB051
Chichester 16961697As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1603
Plymouth 16971699As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1603
 1697/02/05 Action of 1697-02-05BWAS-1603
Orford 1699 As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1603
Kent 17011703As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1714
 1702/10/12 Battle of VigoBWAS-1714
Saint George 1703/031704/12As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1714
 1704/08/13 Battle of MalagaBWAS-1714
Appointed Knight Bachelor, 1704/09/09EWIKI
 1705 Member of Parliament for Queenborough until 1710EWIKI
Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 1705/01/20W032
Royal Anne 1705/05/151705As Flag OfficerBWAS-1714
Saint George 1706/011708/01As Flag OfficerBWAS-1714
Devonshire 1706/081707/04As Flag OfficerTRN2
Rear-Admiral of the White, 1707/12/10W032
Triumph 1708/011700As Flag OfficerBWAS-1714
Rear-Admiral of the Red, 1708/01/08W032
Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 1708/01/26W032
Saint George 1708/091709/12As Flag OfficerBWAS-1714
Admiral of the Blue, 1708/12/17W032
Admiral of the White, 1709/11/14W032
 1710 Member of Parliament for Portsmouth until 1711EWIKI
Royal Anne 17101710/08/26As Flag OfficerBWAS-1714
Blenheim 1710/101713As Flag OfficerBWAS-1714
 1714/10/14 Appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of the AdmiraltyEWIKI
 1715 Member of Parliament for Rochester until 1734EWIKI
 1720 Married AliceW031
 1720/08/28 Appointed Governor of Greenwich hospital and Ranger of Greenwich ParkB051
Union 17261726/10/17As Flag OfficerBWAS-1714
 1727/06 Resigned as one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty due to deafnessEWIKI
Appointed Rear-Admiral of Great Britain, 1733/02/27EWIKI
 1733/01 Appointed Rear-Admiral of EnglandB051
 1734/02/26 Retired from active serviceW031
Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
W031 Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyOxford University PressWeb Site
W032 Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal NavyDavid Bonner SmithWeb Site
B051 Biographia Navalis - Volume IIJohn CharnockBook
BWAS-1603 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714Rif WinfieldBook
BWAS-1714 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
EWIKI WikipediaVariousWeb Site
TRN2 The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol IIWilliam Laid ClowesDigital Book
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