John Jennings (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral

Sir John Jennings
Admiral John Jennings (Godfrey Kneller, 1708-1709)
Born1664
Died23 December 1743 (aged 79)
Greenwich, London, Great Britain
Allegiance Great Britain
Service / branch Royal Navy
Years of service1687–1743
RankAdmiral
CommandsHMS St Paul
HMS Experiment
HMS Victory
HMS Mary
HMS Chichester
HMS Plymouth
HMS Kent
HMS St George
Mediterranean Fleet
Greenwich Hospital
Battles / warsWar of Spanish Succession

Admiral Sir John Jennings (1664 – 23 December 1743) was a Royal Navy officer and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1705 and 1734. He commanded HMS Kent at Cadiz and Vigo in 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station, then Senior Naval Lord and finally Governor of Greenwich Hospital.