MILITARY PERSONNEL

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

1735 - 1823

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Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (9 January 1735 – 13 March 1823) was a British Royal Navy officer, politician and peer. 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 Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is best known for his victory at the 1797 Battle of Cape St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent has received more than 360,389 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent is the 1,871st most popular military personnel, the 4,188th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 107th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent ranks 1,871 out of 2,058Before him are A. P. Hill, Harry Crerar, Michael Mullen, Oskar Gripenberg, Theodore Van Kirk, and Francis Pegahmagabow. After him are Lyman Lemnitzer, Don Carlos Buell, Andrew Scott Waugh, Stanley A. McChrystal, Mariya Smirnova, and Alexander Patch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent ranks 31Before him are Ulrika Pasch, Tobias Furneaux, Domenico Vandelli, Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Claudine Picardet, and Jesse Ramsden. After him are John Carroll, and Button Gwinnett. Among people deceased in 1823, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent ranks 35Before him are Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Henry Raeburn, Charles Hutton, Wilhelm, Duke of Oldenburg, Aaron Arrowsmith, and Erik Johan Stagnelius. After him is William Bartram.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent ranks 4,188 out of 8,785Before him are Bruno Heller (1960), Colin Baker (1943), John Major (1467), Mark Selby (1983), Jimmy Armfield (1935), and Jamie Campbell Bower (1988). After him are Danny Blanchflower (1926), Thomas Bell (1792), Thomas Nashe (1567), Jim Brown (1908), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), and Nigel Davenport (1928).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent ranks 107Before him are Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663), Reginald Wingate (1861), Thomas Picton (1758), John André (1750), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), and Albert Ball (1896). After him are Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), Oliver Leese (1894), John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), John Dill (1881), John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), and Guy Simonds (1903).