Sir John Colpoys

(1742 c.-1821)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Colpoys, John, Sir, 1742?-1821 NRA: Colpoys, Sir John (? 1742-1821) Knight Admiral Governor of Greenwich Hospital DNB: Colpoys, Sir John (c.1742-1821), naval officer LBT ID: JoColpo1821 VIAF ID: 43323023 LOC ID: n86084611	B/BAP: 1742 DIED: 1821-04-04
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Naval officer who after service in three wars was commander-in-chief of Plymouth (1803-04) and governor of Greenwich Hospital (1816-21).
REFERENCES TO Sir John Colpoys: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VII. Found 1: ¶ 23