Earl of St Vincent — 1797
Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A first-rate in the Victory class — Jervis’s flagship that day. Not a peerage portrait.
Overview
The earldom is already on Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography. After the Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview Jervis was created Earl of St Vincent. The same Jervis note already records that he received the earldom that names him in this vault.1
The Honour
This note covers that 1797 earldom only. A patent date, remainder, and the later First Lord years stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.
The same Cape St Vincent note already records that Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview was promoted Rear-Admiral — Nelson after Cape St Vincent and made Knight of the Bath — Nelson 1797. Those honours stay there. Do not treat 14 February 1797 as a patent date the filled note does not name as a patent.2
Sources
- @knight2005pursuit
- @white2005nelson
- @hughes1957collingwood
- @adkin2005trafalgar
- Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography
- Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview
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- Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography
- Knight of the Bath — Nelson 1797
- Rear-Admiral — Nelson after Cape St Vincent
- Baron Nelson of the Nile — 6 November 1798
- Baron Collingwood of Caldburne and Hethpool — 9 November 1805
- Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview
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Created Earl of St Vincent after 14 February 1797; received the earldom that names him in this vault: Jervis John Earl St Vincent — Biography. ↩
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Nelson rear-admiral and Knight of the Bath after the same day: Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797 — Overview. Do not invent a patent date, remainder, or First Lord year. The 1797 mutinies stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE. ↩