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.