Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC Claimed

Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC was born 9 January 1735 Meaford Hall, Stone. He defeated the Spanish off Cape Vincent in 1797. Jervis was also recognised by both political and military contemporaries as a fine administrator and naval reformer. As Commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean, between 1795 and 1799 he introduced a series of severe standing orders to avert mutiny. He applied those orders to seamen and officers alike, a policy that made him a controversial figure. He was nicknamed Old Jarvie.

Old Jarvie as he was commonly called was born at Meaford Hall, 9 January 1735 and died 14 March 1823 (aged 88) at Rochetts in Brentwood, Essex, and is buried in Stone.