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NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth1664 - Dudleston Hall, ShropshireODNB
First Known Service12.5.1687ODNB
FatherPhilip Jennings (d1697)ODNB
MotherChristina EytonODNB
WifeAlice BretonODNB
SonGeorge (d.1790)ODNB
Last Known Service17.10.1726ODNB
Date of Death23.12.1743 - Greenwich HospitalODNB
Burial12.1743 - Westminster AbbeyODNB
IDNameAuthorType
Admiral John Jennings (Godfrey Kneller, 1708-1709)
Sir John Jennings
NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth1664 - Dudleston Hall, Shropshire
First Known Service12.5.1687
FatherPhilip Jennings (d1697)
MotherChristina Eyton
WifeAlice Breton
SonGeorge (d.1790)
Last Known Service17.10.1726
Date of Death23.12.1743 - Greenwich Hospital
Burial12.1743 - Westminster Abbey
Event History
| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.5.1687 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
| 12.5.1687 | 26.8.1688 | Pearl (22), Lieutenant | B051 |
| 27.8.1688 | 21.12.1688 | Saint David (54), Lieutenant | B051 |
| 22.12.1688 | 15.11.1689 | Swallow (48), Lieutenant | B051 |
| 16.11.1689 | Captain | CSORN | |
| 16.11.1689 | 13.12.1689 | Saint Paul (32), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 |
| 1690 | 7.1692 | Experiment (32), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 |
| 7.1692 | 10.4.1693 | Chester (50), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 |
| 11.4.1693 | 7.1693 | Winchester (60), Captain and Commanding Officer | B051 |
| 7.1693 | 12.1694 | Mary (60), Captain and Commanding Officer | B051 |
| 26.8.1695 | 7.9.1696 | Chichester (80), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/3/73 | BWAS-1603 |
| 8.8.1696 | Captain | ADM 6/4 | |
| 8.9.1696 | 1.5.1699 | Plymouth (52), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/23 | ADM 6/4 |
| 5.2.1697 | Action of 1697-02-05 | ||
| 2.5.1699 | 25.2.1700/1 | Orford (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/5/45 | BWAS-1603 |
| 26.2.1700/1 | 18.3.1702/3 | Kent (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/61 | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.10.1702 | Battle of Vigo | ||
| 19.3.1702/3 | 23.1.1703/4 | Saint George (96), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/7/106 | BWAS-1714 |
| 24.1.1703/4 | 7.12.1704 | Saint George (96), Second Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/45 | ADM 6/8 |
| 13.8.1704 | Battle of Malaga | ||
| 9.9.1704 | Appointed Knight Bachelor | E-WIKI | |
| 8.12.1704 | 23.1.1704/5 | Royal Sovereign (100), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/116 | ADM 6/8 |
| 20.1.1704/5 | Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/8/140 | CSORN | |
| 9.5.1705 | 6.10.1710 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Queenborough | HPO |
| 15.5.1705 | Royal Anne (100), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 107/3/69 | BWAS-1714 | |
| 1.1706 | 1.1708 | Saint George (96), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral ADM 107/3/69 | BWAS-1714 |
| 8.1706 | 4.1707 | Devonshire (80), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue ADM 107/3/69 | TRN2 |
| 10.12.1707 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/9/109 | CSORN | |
| 1.1708 | 4.9.1709 | Triumph (90), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral ADM 107/3/69 | BWAS-1714 |
| 9.1.1707/8 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/9/118 | ADM 6/9 | |
| 26.1.1707/8 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | CSORN | |
| 9.1708 | bef.17.12.1709 | Saint George (96), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral | BWAS-1714 |
| 17.12.1708 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/10/35 | ADM 6/10 | |
| 14.11.1709 | Admiral of the White ADM 6/11/4 | CSORN | |
| 1710 | 26.8.1710 | Royal Anne (100), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral ADM 107/3/69 | BWAS-1714 |
| 10.1710 | 1713 | Blenheim (96), as Flag Officer, Admiral of the White ADM 107/3/69 | BWAS-1714 |
| 7.10.1710 | 3.2.1710/11 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Portsmouth | HPO |
| 13.11.1710 | 1711 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Mediterranean Sea ADM 6/11/81 | ADM 6/11 |
| 14.10.1714 | Appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty | E-WIKI | |
| 2.1.1714/15 | 25.4.1734 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Rochester | HPO |
| 30.3.1715 | Admiral of the White ADM 6/12/38 | ADM 6/12 | |
| 1720 | Married Alice | ODNB | |
| 28.8.1720 | Appointed Governor of Greenwich hospital and Ranger of Greenwich Park | B051 | |
| 28.8.1720 | 23.12.1743 | Appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital ADM 73/36/25 | ADM 73/36 |
| 1726 | 17.10.1726 | Union (90), as Flag Officer, Admiral | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.1727 | Resigned as one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty due to deafness | E-WIKI | |
| 7.12.1727 | Admiral of the White ADM 6/13/180 | ADM 6/13 | |
| 27.3.1733 | 1743 | Appointed Rear-Admiral of Great Britain ADM 6/14/140 | E-WIKI |
| 26.2.1733/34 | Retired from active service | ODNB |
Sources
IDNameAuthorType
CSORNCommissioned Sea Officers of the Royal NavyDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site
TRN2The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol IIWilliam Laid Clowes, Digital Book