| 词条 | John Shrimpton |
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| name =John Shrimpton | image = | caption = | birth_date = | death_date = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}} | branch =British Army | serviceyears = | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands = | battles =Nine Years' War War of Spanish Succession | awards = | relations = | laterwork = }} Major-General John Shrimpton was Governor of Gibraltar. Military careerShrimpton joined the Army becoming a Major in the 1st (Queen's Own) Foot Guards.[1] In 1693, during the Nine Years' War, he was wounded at the Battle of Landen in Flanders.[1] In 1701 he became Member of Parliament for Whitchurch.[1] In 1704, when the Garrison at Gibraltar came under threat from the French, a force of 2,500 troops under Shrimpton's command was dispatched to re-inforce the Garrison.[1] Archduke Charles, acting on the recommendation of Queen Anne, asked Shrimpton to accept an appointment as Governor and he remained there until 1707.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 [https://books.google.com/books?id=orCrqR3Mk0EC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&dq=%22General+John+Shrimpton%22&source=bl&ots=pMdz-t7vK6&sig=jcLdPGS89CddgXD5-GSxgf8u5ZA&hl=en&ei=PMU_S_mrDKKqjAfP4ICtDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CA4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22General%20John%20Shrimpton%22&f=false The War of the Succession in Spain: During the Reign of Queen Anne, 1702-1711 By Arthur Parnell, Page 87] BiblioBazaar, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-103-17076-0}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|en}}{{succession box2. ^Gibraltar: a History | title = Member of Parliament for Whitchurch | with = Richard Wollaston | years = 1701–1707 | before = Lord James Russell | after = Parliament of Great Britain }}{{s-gov}}{{succession box | before=Henry Nugent | title=Governor of Gibraltar | years=1704–1707 | after=Roger Elliott }}{{s-end}}{{Governors of Gibraltar}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Shrimpton, John}}{{England-pre1707-MP-stub}} 11 : British Army generals|British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession|Year of birth missing|Year of death missing|British Army personnel of the Seven Years' War|Grenadier Guards officers|17th-century English people|18th-century English people|English MPs 1701–1702|English MPs 1702–1705|English MPs 1705–1707 |
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