Lieutenant General Sir John Clavering KB (bapt.

In March he used this as a base from which naval transport carried separate forces under Brigadiers Byam Crump and John Clavering to attack French positions around the island.

[1] Promoted to Lieutenant General, in 1770, Clavering was appointed as governor of Landguard Fort.

[1] In 1773, Clavering travelled to India as a member of the Supreme Council of Bengal.

He died at Calcutta, India,[2] and is buried there in South Park Street Cemetery.