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John Creed (naval administrator)

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in 1663 (in the early years it was not necessary for Fellows to be scientists), and it has been suggested that this may have been a factor in Pepys' interest in the Society. (Pepys was elected to a Fellowship in 1665 and later became
157:, edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Online ed., edited by David Cannadine, May 2008. Accessed October 15, 2017 (subscription or membership of a UK public library required). 105:. There are negative comments about Creed in Pepys' Diary, but there is evidence that the two men had interests in common apart from their work for Montagu and the Royal Navy. Creed became a 154: 94:. In 1661–2 he went as deputy treasurer with Montagu (recently made Earl of Sandwich) in the voyage to take possession of Tangier and to bring 219: 234: 229: 214: 47: 66: 111: 90:, Creed served Charles II in "divers honourable employments at home and abroad". One of the locations where he served was 130:. He thought that Creed had married above his station, but "let them do what they will". The couple had eleven children. 127: 87: 224: 106: 27: 185: 42:
and was possibly of humble origin. His date of birth is unknown and little is known about his life prior to the
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to a royalist, Creed's later career appears to have been adversely affected by his reputation as a
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Creed served as secretary to Montagu, which led to involvement in naval matters. Montagu was a
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St Mary's Church, Titchmarsh, where Creed was married and buried
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Index

British naval administrator
Fellow of the Royal Society
Northamptonshire
Restoration
Edward Montagu
Commonwealth
Puritan

General at Sea
Admiral
Charles II
Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire
English Tangier
Catherine of Braganza
Samuel Pepys
Fellow of the Royal Society
President
Elizabeth Pickering
Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire


“Creed, John (d. 1701).”
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Claire Tomalin
"Pepys and the Royal Society"
Categories
1701 deaths
17th-century English people
Fellows of the Royal Society
People from Oundle

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