Capt. Luokraft married, in 1815, Charlotte, only daughter of J. Camsell, Esq., of H.M. Brewery at Weevil, near Gosport. He was left a widower in Oct. 1827.
LUGG. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 22; h-p., 29.)
William Lugg was born 17 March, 1774.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1796, as Master’s Mate, on board the Star 18, Capts. Hon. John Colville and David Atkins. On his arrival in that ship at the Cape of Good Hope he was appointed, in June, 1797, Acting-Master of the Hope 14, Capt. Wm. Granger, in which capacity, and until his return to England in 1804, he continued to officiate, on the same station and in the East Indies, in the Rattlesnake 16, also commanded by Capt. Granger, and in the Sphynx 18, Capt. Thos. Alexander, Braave 40, Capts. Josias Rowley, Lord Augustus FitzRoy, and T. Alexander, Diomede 50, Capts. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Sam. Mottley, and Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osborn. Joining next, in April, 1805, the Medusa frigate, Capt. Sir John Gore, he again sailed for the East Indies with the late Marquis Cornwallis; and on his passage out and home, although without the rating of Master’s Mate, he performed all the duties of Lieutenant, having confided to him the management of the chronometers and the lunar observations. Rejoining Sir John Gore (after a short attachment to the Hibernia 110, flag-ship off Ushant of Earl St. Vincent) in June, 1806, as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Revenge 74, he was afforded an opportunity, on 25 of the following Sept., of witnessing the capture of four French frigates by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood off Rochefort. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 8 Nov. in the same year, in the Hyacinth 18, Capt. John Davie, stationed in the North Sea; and was subsequently appointed – 10 June, 1807, to the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. C. E. Fleeming, employed off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, whence he invalided in March, 1809 – 4 Oct. and 1 Dec. following, to the Rapid 10, Capt. Mathew, and Namur 74, bearing the flags at the Nore of Vice-Admirals Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope and Thos. Wells – 6 Feb. 1811, to the Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, under whom he escorted convoy to Madeira, and then cruized off Cherbourg until compelled by ill health to resign, 23 Jan. 1813 – and, 6 Aug. in the latter year, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord Colville, which ship, on her return with the flag of Sir Fras. Laforey from the West Indies, he left in June, 1814. From Oct. 1835 until May, 1836, again, from March, 1838, until May, 1839, and from the following Oct. until Sept. 1843, Lieut. Lugg served as Agent for Transports afloat. He was the Senior Agent employed under Sir Wm. Parker during the campaign in China, where we find him landing the troops at Amoy and Chusan. He accepted his present rank 10 March, 1845.
From Oct. 1826 until May, 1831, Commander Lugg had charge of the hired packet Lady Wellington, under the control of the Post-office. He married in May, 1813, and has issue three sons and two daughters.
LUNN. (Commander, 1844.)
John Lunn served as Midshipman of the Phoebe, of 46 guns and 300 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, and was in company with the Cherub 18 at the capture, 28 March, 1814, off Valparaiso, of the American frigate Essex, of 46 guns and 265 men, who struck her colours at the close of a warm action of two hours, in which the Phoebe lost 4 men killed and 7 wounded, and herself 24 killed and 45 wounded. In 1821, having passed his examination in 1817, and been appointed Mate of the Révolutionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, he assisted in the boats of that ship at the capture of several pirates in the Mediterranean. His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank he attained 12 June, 1829, were – 29 Nov. 1831, to the Caledonia 120, Capts. Jas. Hillyar, Thos. Brown, and Geo. Bohun Martin, in which ship he was for nearly six years employed in the Mediterranean, half the time under the flags of Sir Josias Rowley and Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford – and, 10 Aug. 1838, and 12 Oct. 1840, to the command of the Pluto and Locust steamers. In those vessels, with the exception of a short period which intervened between the paying off of the one and the commissioning of the other, he served uninterruptedly on the North America and West India and Mediterranean stations, until advanced to his present rank 19 Dec. 1844. Since 20 May, 1846, he has been in command of the Virago steam-sloop, of 300 horse-power, again in the Mediterranean. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
LUSCOMBE. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.)
Edward Luscombe, born 6 Aug. 1791, at Efford House, in the parish of Holbeton, Devon, is second son of the Rev. John B. Luscombe.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hazard sloop, Capt. Robt. Jenner Neve, employed on the Home station, where he became Midshipman, in May, 1806, of the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton and Sir Jas. Saumarez, and, in June, 1807, joined the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Jas. Gambier. After sharing in the hostilities against Copenhagen, where he was frequently employed in the boats, he removed to the Implacable 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, under whom we find him taking part, 26 Aug. 1808, in a gallant action of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship Sewolod, which was completely silenced, and in the end, with the assistance of the Centaur 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, captured and burnt, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick, after a total loss to the enemy of 303 men, and to the Implacable, individually of 6 killed and 26 wounded. He continued in the same ship, participating intermediately in much boat-service in the Baltic, until 1810; in Feb. and April of which year he joined the Scipion 74, Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant by virtue of a commission dated 3 Dec. 1810, he was next, from Jan. 1811 until March, 1815, employed in that capacity, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, in the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife (in a boat belonging to which vessel he was severely frost-bitten on the coast of France), Leopard 50, Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon and Edw. Crofton, Horatio 38, Capt. W. H. Dillon, Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Williams, and Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. His last appointments were, 13 April, 1818, and 20 Sept. 1819, to the Topaze 38, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, and Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, both on the East India station, whence he invalided in June, 1820.
Lieut. Luscombe married, 23 Nov. 1836, Emily, relict of Chas. Murly, Esq., Solicitor, and youngest daughter of Abraham Tucker, Esq.
LUSHINGTON, K.S.L., K.R.G. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 14; h-p., 17.)
Stephen Lushington, born 12 Dec. 1803, is second son of Sir Henry Lushington, Bart., of South-Hill Park, co. Berks, by Fanny Maria, eldest daughter of Matthew Lewis, Esq., Under-Secretary at War; and nephew of Stephen Lushington, Esq., D.C.L., the eminent civilian.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1816, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tagus 38, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas, stationed in the Mediterranean; where and in South America he appears, from the spring of the following year until 1821, to have served as Midshipman in the Ganymede 25 and Owen Glendower 42, both commanded by Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer. He then returned to the Mediterranean in the Hind 20, Capt. Hon. Henry John Rous, in the boats belonging to which
