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Admiral of the Fleet The Hon. George Clinton (c.1686 – 10 July 1761) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Benefiting from the patronage of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle he served as a naval captain during the 1720s and 1730s. Clinton went on to be governor of Newfoundland, Commodore and Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet and then Governor of the Province of New York where he had to deal with the threat of a French attack during King George's War. He could not cope with the liberal politicians of the New York assembly who were led by James De Lancey and resigned in 1753. Clinton also served as member of parliament for Saltash, a rotten borough in Cornwall, from March 1757 until his death in July 1761. ==Early career== Born the second son of Francis Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln and Susan Clinton (née Penninston), Clinton joined the Royal Navy in 1708 during the War of the Spanish Succession.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George Clinton )〕 Clinton enjoyed the patronage of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, who was his sister-in-law's brother, and, having been promoted to captain on 16 June 1716, he was given command of the fifth-rate HMS ''Speedwell''.〔Heathcote, p. 44〕 He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Monck'' in 1720 and served in the Baltic Sea under Admiral Sir John Norris: the ship was lost during the return journey to England but Clinton was acquitted at the subsequent court-martial.〔 He was given command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Nottingham'' in 1721 and sailed to the Baltic Sea to carry out patrols before returning home again in 1722.〔 After four years of inactivity, Clinton was given command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Colchester'' in the Mediterranean Sea in 1726 and saw action escorting merchant shipping, attacking Spanish batteries and blockading the Spanish coast before transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS ''Sunderland'' in July 1727.〔Heathcote, p. 45〕 In 1732 Clinton was appointed commodore of a squadron of ships which was despatched to Newfoundland where he also became governor of the colony.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George Clinton )〕 In that role he supervised the newly appointed local magistrates and protected the local fishing industry.〔 Clinton took command of the second-rate HMS ''Namur'' as flag captain to Admiral Sir Charles Wager in June 1732 and then transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS ''Berwick'' in the Channel Fleet in 1734.〔 He went on to be Commodore and Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1736 but, with the War of Jenkins' Ear looming, he stepped down to take command of the third-rate HMS ''Prince Frederick'' in 1739 and of the second-rate HMS ''Marlborough'' in 1740 during the War of the Austrian Succession.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Clinton (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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