He was in the commission of the peace for co. Cork; and married, 29 March, 1832, Anne, daughter of the late Adam Carr, Esq. By that lady he has left issue.
LAMBERT. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
William Leigh Lambert entered the Navy 12 Sept. 1828; passed his examination 10 May, 1837; served for some time as Mate on the Mediterranean and North America and West India stations, in the Tyne 26, Capt. John Townshend, and Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam; and was made Lieutenant, 19 June, 1842, into the Volage 22, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson. His appointments have since been – 13 Oct. 1843, as Additional, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the East Indies – 5 Nov. 1844, and 2 April, 1845, to the Driver steam-sloop and Vestal 26, Capts. Courtenay Osborn Hayes and Chas. Talbot, both on the same station – and 13 Nov. 1846, to the Castor 36, Capt. Chas. Graham, in which frigate be is still serving in the East Indies.
LAMBRICK. (Retired Commander, 1837. f-p., 15; h-p., 49.)
John Lambrick entered the Navy, in 1783, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Fairy sloop, Capt. W. Thomas, and was for three years employed in that vessel in the Channel. For several months in 1788, and from 1790 until the commencement of the French revolutionary war, we find him serving on the Newfoundland and Home stations, as A.B. and Midshipman, in the Echo, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds, Termagant, commanded by an officer whose name has escaped us, Nymphe, Capt. Geo. Campbell, and Spider, a small vessel commanded by a Lieutenant. During the next four years Mr. Lambrick was uninterruptedly employed in the Mediterranean on board the Leda, Berwick, and Terrible, all under the orders of Capt. Campbell, Britannia 100, flag-ship of Admiral Hotham, Dolphin, Capt. Rich. Retalick, and Inconstant, Capts. Thos. Fras. Fremantle and G. Oakes. Of the Dolphin he was confirmed a Lieutenant 23 May, 1796. After serving for two years on the North Sea station in the Agamemnon, Capt. Fancourt, he obtained command of the Signal station at the Lizard; and he was lastly, between the years 1801 and 1803, employed off Cadiz and in the Channel on board the Audacious 74, Capt. Shuldham Peard, and Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Rich. Curry. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 4 July, 1837.
LAMONT. (Retired Commander, 1838. f-p., 10; h-p., 39.)
James Lamont entered the Navy, 28 Dec. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Repulse 64, Capt. Jas. Alms, lying at Portsmouth; and in the course of 1799 joined the Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Thompson, and Charon 44, Capt. John Mackellar; in which latter ship, on his return from a visit to the Mediterranean, he assisted at the evacuation of the Holder. Becoming Midshipman, in Jan. 1800, of the Hebe, Capts. Wm. Birchall and Geo. Reynolds, he accompanied the expedition of 1801 to Egypt; after which he was for more than two years employed in the North Sea in the Clyde 38, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, and for nearly one, as Master’s Mate, in the Mediator and Rénommée; both commanded by Sir Thos. Livingstone on the Channel station. He was then, in Aug. 1805, appointed Sub-Lieutenant of the Staunch gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Benj. Street; and on 16 of the following Oct. he was confirmed a full Lieutenant of the Moselle 18, Capts. John Surman Carden and Alex. Gordon, employed at first in the Mediterranean and next in the West Indies. In 1808 it was Mr. Lament’s lot to be very severely wounded while boarding an enemy’s vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, for which he received a gratuity of 80l. 11s. 6d. He was obliged in consequence to invalid in June of that year.
Unable to procure further employment, he accepted his present rank 18 April, 1838.
LANCASTER. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Henry Lancaster, born 12 May, 1791, is youngest son of the Rev. Thos. Lancaster, Rector of Merton, co. Surrey.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., under the especial patronage of Lord Nelson, on board the Victory 100, Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy, bearing the flag of that distinguished nobleman, under whom he was present in the ensuing action off Cape Trafalgar. After a servitude of two years with Lord Collingwood as Midshipman in the Ocean 98, he joined the Thames 32 in which frigate and the Apollo 38, both commanded by Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor, we find him employed, chiefly on the Mediterranean station, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Oct. 1813. While in the latter ship Mr. Lancaster served in her boats, with those of a squadron under Lieut. John Tailour, on the night of 31 Oct. 1809, at the capture and destruction, notwithstanding a fearful struggle and a loss to the British of 15 men killed and 55 wounded, of the French store-ship Lamproie of 16 guns and 116 men, bombards Victoire and Grondeur, and armed xebec Normande, with a convoy of seven merchant-vessels, defended by numerous strong batteries in the Bay of Rosas.[1] He assisted also in capturing, 13 Feb. 1812, the French frigate-built store-ship Mérinos, of 20 guns and 26 men 26 men [errata 1], under the batteries of Corsica, and, on 20 of the following Sept., the national xebec Ulysse of 6 guns.[2] He was further, it appears, present at the reduction, in Jan. and Feb. 1813, of the islands of Angusta and Curzola, as well as on shore, as a volunteer, in 1813, at the siege of Trieste, where he was slightly wounded, and, by his conduct, obtained the thanks of Rear-Admiral Thos. Fras. Fremantle, and a particular letter of introduction from that officer to Sir Sidney Smith, to whose flag-ship he had been appointed. During the term of his attachment to the Apollo Mr. Lancaster, we must too record, was twice the instrument of preserving life by his intrepidity in jumping overboard, once in the Adriatic, and another time, at night near Malta. In Nov. 1813, a short time after he had joined Sir Sidney Smith, our officer found himself appointed to the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. John Erskine Douglas; in which ship he had an opportunity of sharing in Sir Edw. Pellew’s second partial action with the Toiilon fleet, and of witnessing the fall of Genoa and Savona. His last appointment was, 10 Sept. 1814, to the Myrtle 18, Capt. Arthur Batt Bingham, with whom he served at Cork until 30 Nov. 1815.
He married, in May, 1823, and has issue. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
LANCASTER. (Lieut., 1805. f-p., 20; h-p., 31.)
Robert Daniell Lancaster was born 6 Oct. 1783 or 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Aug. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Duke 98, Capt. John Holloway, and was afterwards, until Sept. 1802, employed with the same Captain and with Capts. Sampson Edwards, Geo. Parker, Erasmus Gower, and Bridges Watkinson Taylor, chiefly as Midshipman, in the St. George 98, Santa Margarita 36, and Porcupine 22, on the Channel, Mediterranean, and West India stations. He next, in April, 1803, and Nov. 1804, joined the San Josef 110, bearing the flag off Brest of Sir Chas. Cotton, and Nimrod 18, Capt. Orde, attached to the force in the West Indies, where, on 26 Feb. 1805, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the command of the Nelly schooner, in which vessel he was shortly afterwards sent home with despatches. His succeeding appointments were – 10 April, 1805, to the
