der, Capt. John Talbot, became easy prizes to that officer.[1] In the following April Sir Robt. Laurie had the satisfaction of being appointed to his late antagonist, which had been added to the British Navy as a 38-gun frigate, and named the Milan. He continued in her until the summer of 1810, and was lastly, towards the close of 1811, intrusted with the successive command of the Brunswick [errata 1] and Ajax 74’s; in the latter of which ships he served in the Mediterranean until superseded 26 July, 1813. He became a Rear-Admiral 19 July, 1821; a Vice-Admiral 10 Jan. 1837; and a full Admiral 9 Nov. 1846.
In consideration of the wound he received in Lord Howe’s action. Sir Robt. Laurie, was at the time rewarded with a pecuniary grant from the Patriotic Fund. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
LAUZUN. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.)
Francis Daniel Lauzun entered the Navy, 14 Oct. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, commanded by the Earl of Northesk, with whom he served in the Channel until April, 1802. In June, 1803, after he had been for nearly five months employed on the Guernsey station in the Alcmène 32, Capt. John Stiles, he rejoined the same nobleman on board the Britannia, and for his subsequent conduct as one of his Aides-de-Camp at the battle of Trafalgar he had the satisfaction of receiving his Lordship’s thanks. On the last-mentioned ship being paid off in June, 1806, Mr. Lauzun Joined the Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and John Hancock, under whose orders he remained until Nov. 1808. During that period, it appears, he was much employed with the in-shore squadrons off Brest and Toulon, saw a good deal of arduous boat-service on the shores of France, Spain, and Italy, and was twice taken prisoner in a prize, the first time by a Spanish privateer, and the second by a national brig. Removing next to the Norge 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, Mr. Lauzun in Jan. 1809 proceeded to Corunna for the purpose of assisting at the embarkation of the army under the late Sir John Moore. While there, the pinnace, of which our officer had the charge, was sunk by a gun-shot at a moment when she was crowded with soldiers, women, and baggage. Luckily, owing to his presence of mind, and to the manner in which he preserved his authority in the midst of so much peril, not a soul was lost, the whole being rendered able to get on board a neighbouring frigate, the Unicorn 32. A full share of credit was of course awarded to Mr. Lauzun for his conduct under such very trying circumstances. In the following year we find him employed on shore at Ferrol, and receiving in common with others the thanks of the Regency for his exertions in equipping several Spanish men-of-war lying there dismantled, and in also removing the naval stores to prevent their falling into the hands of the French. In April, 1810, being then at Lisbon, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Ulysses 44, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, flag-ship afterwards of the Due de Bouillon off Guernsey. Owing to some informality in the appointment, the Admiralty, although requested by the latter officer, refused to confirm it, and in Nov. of the same year Mr. Lauzun was accordingly superseded. He was however made Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1811, into the Diadem armée en flûte, Capt. John Phillimore, and was afterwards appointed – 19 Sept. 1811, again to the Ulysses, at first employed as before, but afterwards commanded, in the Baltic, by Capt. Thos. Browne – and, 15 Jan. 1814, to the Dannemark 74, Capt. H. E. R. Baker, which ship, after having escorted an East India convoy to the Cape of Good Hope, returned home and was paid off 29 April, 1815. He has not been since afloat.
LAVIE. (Lieut., 1830. f-p., 15; h-p., 10.)
Augustus Lavie, born 6 April, 1805, is brother of Commander Geo. Lavie, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1822, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, lying at Plymouth, where he followed the same officer into the Bulwark 74. From Sept. 1823 until Feb. 1827 we find him employed in South America as Midshipman of the Spartiate 76, and Wellesley 74, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre. During the next seven months he was again stationed at Plymouth, in the Britannia 120, and Ocean 80, Capts. Philip Pipon and Patrick Campbell. He then joined the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, where, from July, 1828, until advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 6 April, 1830, he discharged the duties of Mate on board the Asia 84, Capts. Edw. Curzon and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone. His succeeding appointments Were – 9 May, 1832, and 6 Jan. 1834, to the Ariadne 28, and Comus 18, Capts. Chas. Phillips and Wm. Price Hamilton, both on the West India station, whence he invalided in May, 1835 – 27 Oct. 1836, to the Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Broughton, with whom he served in South America until Nov. 1839 – 20 Dec. 1841, to the Vindictive 50, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, lying at Portsmouth – and 26 May, 1842; to the Calcutta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts. He returned home from Quebec in Nov. of the latter year, and has since been on half-pay.
LAVIE. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 17; h-p., 4.)
George Lavie, born 24 July, 1813, is son of the late Sir Thos. Lavie, K.C.B., who received the honour of Knighthood in 1806, as a reward for his conduct in having in the Blanche, of 46 guns and 265 men, effected the capture of the French frigate Guerrière of 50 guns and 317 men. He is brother of Lieut. Augustus Lavie, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in Nov. 1826; and embarked in Nov. 1828, as a Volunteer, on board the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer. Proceeding in that ship to the Mediterranean, he there became Midshipman, in Nov. 1830, of the Windsor Castle 76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie; and he was afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Dec. 1834, employed on the Home and South American stations, latterly as Mate, in the Revenge 78, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, Alligator 28, Capt. Geo. Robt. Lambert, Algerine 10, Capts. Hon. John Fred. Fitzgerald de Roos, and Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings. His succeeding appointments were – 26 Aug. 1835, again to the Excellent – 30 Dec. 1836, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Hon. Joseph Denman, on the Lisbon station – 11 May, 1839, to the Revenge again, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, in the Mediterranean – 12 July, 1842, as Senior, to the Isis 44, Capt. Sir John Marshall, at the Cape of Good Hope, whence he returned in Jan. 1845 – and, 31 Dec. in the latter year, to the Flamer steam-vessel, stationed in the Mediterranean. He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and still commands the Flamer.
LAVINGTON. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Thomas Lavington entered the Navy, 31 Jan. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Bedford, employed in blockading Basque Roads and Brest. Removing as Midshipman, in Nov. 1813, to the Melpomène troop-ship, Capt. Robt. Rowley, he proceeded to North America, where he commanded a boat up the Patuxent at the destruction of Commodore Barney’s flotilla, was present at the capture of Washington, served on shore in the attack upon Baltimore, and had charge of one of the boats of a squadron at the capture, 14 Dec. 1814, on Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until the British, after a fierce contest, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. During the first three years of the general peace Mr. Lavington was stationed in South America on board the Hyacinth 20, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe. He then, in Oct. 1818, passed his examination, and between that period and 1822
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1805, p. 540.
