A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lake, Willoughby J.
LAKE. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Willoughby J. Lake entered the Navy 3 April, 1829; passed his examination in 1835; and for his services on the coast of Syria, and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His appointments have since been – 10 May and 25 Oct. 1841, to the Bittern 16, Capt. Hon. B. C. F. P. Cary, and Alfred 50, Commodore John Brett Purvis, on the African and Brazilian stations, from the latter of which he returned home in the early part of 1845 – and 21 Jan. 1847, to a station in the Coast Guard, the command whereof he still retains. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.