John Shrimpton

Major-General John Shrimpton was Governor of Gibraltar.

Military career
Shrimpton joined the Army becoming a Major in the 1st (Queen's Own) Foot Guards.

In 1693, during the Nine Years' War, he was wounded at the Battle of Landen in Flanders. In 1701 he became Member of Parliament for Whitchurch.

In 1704, when the Garrison at Gibraltar came under threat from the French, a force of 2,500 troops under Shrimpton's command was dispatched to re-inforce the Garrison. Archduke Charles, acting on the recommendation of Queen Anne, asked Shrimpton to accept an appointment as Governor and he remained there until 1707.