Mordaunt Cracherode

Plan of Fort St. Philip, 1780.

Colonel Mordaunt Cracherode (died 20 June 1773) was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Fort St. Philip, Minorca, in 1753 and was commanding officer of the marines during George Anson's voyage round the world.[1]

His son, Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode, was an important benefactor to the British Museum.

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  1. ↑ Chalmers, Alexander. (1813). The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an historical and critical account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons in every nation; Particularly the British and Irish; From the earliest accounts to the present time. Vol. X. (Revised and enlarged ed.). London: Printed for J. Nichols. p. 444.