Myles Standish
✓ Source-basedstableEnglish military officer hired by the Pilgrims (1584-1656)
Myles Standish was an English military officer and colonist. He was hired as military adviser for Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, United States, by the Pilgrims.
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Sir Horatio Vere was the commander of English troops in the Netherlands during the siege of Sluis in 1604, under whom Standish likely served.
The Embarkation of the Pilgrims, 1843, US Capitol Rotunda. Myles and Rose Standish are prominently depicted in the foreground on the right.
The Mayflower Compact, a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
An 1873 lithograph depicting the expedition against Nemasket led by Standish and guided by Hobbamock
Plimoth Patuxet, a replica reconstruction of the original Pilgrim village in Plymouth, Massachusetts, including the palisade surrounding the settlement
From a 16th-century Dutch manual on the use of the arquebus, a type of matchlock used by the Pilgrims
The Alexander Standish House (still standing) purportedly built by Myles Standish's son on the Captain's farm in Duxbury, MassachusettsIn their orbit 4
About this person
Myles Standish was an English military officer and colonist. He was hired as military adviser for Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, United States, by the Pilgrims. Standish accompanied the Pilgrims on the ship Mayflower and played a leading role in the administration and defense of Plymouth Colony from its foundation in 1620. On February 17, 1621, the Plymouth Colony militia elected him as its first commander and continued to re-elect him to that position for the remainder of his life. Standish served at various times as an agent of Plymouth Colony on a return trip to England, as assistant governor of the colony, and as its treasurer.
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