John Creed (naval administrator)

[1] While Montagu successfully transitioned from being a supporter of the Commonwealth to a royalist, Creed's later career appears to have been adversely affected by his reputation as a Puritan.

[2] Creed served as secretary to Montagu, which led to involvement in naval matters.

According to his monument in Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire, Creed served Charles II in "divers honourable employments at home and abroad".

In 1661–2 he went as deputy treasurer with Montagu (recently made Earl of Sandwich) in the voyage to take possession of Tangier and to bring Catherine of Braganza to England.

There are negative comments about Creed in Pepys' Diary, but there is evidence that the two men had interests in common apart from their work for Montagu and the Royal Navy.