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JOHN LAMBORN, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1810.]

Obtained a Lieutenant’s commission in April, 1874; served as first of the Caesar 80, bearing the flag off Sir James Saumarez, at the battle off Algeziras, July 6, 1801[1]; and was promoted to the command of the Peterel sloop, April 29, 1802. In Mar. 1804, Captain Lamborn sailed for Barbadoes and Jamaica, in company with the West India trade; and on the 23rd. Jan. 1805, we find him destroying a French privateer of 1 gun and 27 men. In May following, he captured a Spanish privateer, mounting 1 long 18-pounder and 4 sixes, with a complement of 106 men, off St. Jago de Cuba. The Peterel was subsequently attacked, when proceeding from Jamaica to Charlestown, by a schooner full of men, who attempted to board her, but were repulsed with great loss. In the skirmish that took place on this occasion, the British had 2 killed and 4 wounded.

Captain Lamborn’s next appointment was to the Trinculo brig, in which vessel he continued until advanced to post rank, Oct. 21, 1810.

Agent.– J. Woodhead, Esq.

  1. See Vol. II. Part I. p. 264 et seq.

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