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{{Infobox Military Person
|name= Miles Standish
|image=[[Image:MylesStandish.gif]]
|caption= Myles Standish from 1625-1634?
|nickname= Captain Shrimp
|rank= [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]
|branch= [[Image:Flag of the British Army.svg|23px]] [[British Army]]
|serviceyears= British Army 1601-1618, Plymouth Colony 1620-1656
|allegiance= [[England]]- [[Plymouth Colony]]
|lived= born c. [[1584]]- [[October 3]] [[1656]]  (aged 72)
|placeofbirth=  [[Chorley]], [[Lancashire]], [[England]]
|placeofdeath=  [[Duxbury]], [[Plymouth Colony]], [[Massachusetts]], [[USA]]
|commands= [[Plymouth Colony]], [[New England]] militia, and [[Duxbury]] 
|battles= [[Low Countries]]/[[Netherlands]]<br>[[Flanders]]/[[Netherlands]]<br>[[Siege of Ostend]]/[[Belgium]]<br>[[Wessagusset]]/[[Plymouth Colony]]<br>[[Merrymount]]/[[Massachusetts]]<br>[[Penobscot]]/[[Massachusetts]]
|profession= [[soldier]]<br>[[colony treasurer]]<br>[[deputy governor]]
|spouse=[[Barbara Standish]]
|signature=[[Link title]]no  name...]]]\
}}

'''[[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] Myles Standish''' ({{pron-en|ˈmaɪlz ˈstændɪʃ}}; c. 1584 &ndash; [[October 3]], [[1656]]), (sometimes misspelled ''Miles'' Standish) was an English military officer hired by the [[Pilgrims]] as military advisor for [[Plymouth Colony]]. Arriving on the ''[[Mayflower (ship)|Mayflower]]'', he worked on colonial defense. On [[February 17]], [[1621]], he was appointed the first commander of Plymouth Colony. Later, he served as Plymouth's representative in [[England]], and served as assistant governor and as the colony's treasurer. He was also one of the founders of (contracted; show full)[[Category:1580s births]]
[[Category:1656 deaths]]
[[Category:Mayflower passengers]]
[[Category:People from Chorley]]
[[Category:Plymouth, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:American folklore]]

[[fr:Myles Standish]]