John Creed (naval administrator)
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John Creed FRS (died 1701) was a British naval administrator. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society.
He came from Northamptonshire and was possibly of humble origin. His date of birth is unknown and little is known about his life prior to the Restoration. He enjoyed the patronage of Edward Montagu, who became 1st Earl of Sandwich.[1] While Montagu successfully transitioned from being a supporter of the Commonwealth to a royalist, Creed's later career appears to have been adversely affected by his reputation as a Puritan.[2]
