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John Rous

Royal Navy officer

Died when: 57 years 318 days (694 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

John Rous

John Rous (21 May 1702 – 3 April 1760) was a privateer and then an officer of the Royal Navy.He served during King George's War and the French and Indian War.

Rous was also the senior naval officer on the Nova Scotia station during Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755).Rous' daughter Mary married Richard Bulkeley (governor) and is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia).


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