COMMANDER // 1786–1853
Juan Illingworth
admiralGreat Britain1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1786 – 1853
Active service 1828 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 42.
Profile
Juan Illingworth was an English-born naval officer, privateer, general of independence, and later an Ecuadorian admiral and statesman. He served successively in the Royal Navy, the Chilean Navy, the armed forces of Gran Colombia, and the Republic of Ecuador, and is regarded by Ecuadorian historiography as a founding figure of the country's naval tradition and an early builder of the Ecuadorian state.
Battles (1)
1828
Battle of CrucesGran Colombia–Peru War · Gran Colombia