| Authorised form of name | Creed; John (- 1701); naval administrator |
| Dates | - 1701 |
| Date of death | 18 September 1701 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Tichmarsh, Northamptonshire, England, Europe (28 September 1701) |
| Activity | Career:
Deputy Treasurer of the Fleet (1660); Secretary to the Commissioners for Tangier, who administered the short lived British ruled colony in Tangier (1662-1669)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/12/1663 |
| Proposer | William Brouncker |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1666-1667, 1669, 1671, 1673, 1676, 1678, 1680, 1682, 1684, 1686, 1689, 1691, 1693, 1696
Committee and panels:
Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664) ; Committee for Correspondence (1664) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Proposed on 9 December 1663 and was admitted on the same day he was elected |
| Relationships | Siblings: Richard Creed
Married: Elizabeth Pickering
Children: in total eleven; incl. Richard Creed; John Creed
Additional relatives: uncle-in-law 1st Earl of Sandwich (FRS 1663) |
| OtherInfo | Creed was a close associate of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, and through him, formed a companionship and correspondence with Montagu's cousin Samuel Pepys (FRS 1665).
After the colony in Tangier was abandoned, Creed as a former commissioner received compensation of just under £100 for personal property left there. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; ODNB
References:
Da Costa Andrade, E N. 1963. 'Samuel Pepys and the Royal Society', in Notes and Records, vol. 18, pp. 82-93
Notes:
Last appears in 1699 PL. In DNB under Elizabeth Creed |
| Code | NA5737 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/390/42 | Bond of John Creed to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 30 November 1674 |