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626 and was sent with the trade to the West Indies, where he arrived at the period Sir Alex. Cochrane was proceeding on the expedition against New Orleans, and was left by him to carry on the duties of Senior officer on the Jamaica station. In 1815 the returned with another convoy to England. On 12 Aug. 1819 Capt. Lake, who had been appointed a Colonel of Marines 4 June, 1814, and nominated a C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral. He commanded-in-chief, subsequently, on the Halifax station, with his flag .in the 74, from 18 May, 1824, until 15 Aug. 1827; became a Vice-Admiral 27 May, 1825; was created a K.C.B. 17 Nov. 1830; and attained the rank of full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.

Sir Willoughby Thos. Lake married, in 1795, Charlotte, daughter of Admiral Macbride, by whom, who died 5 Sept. 1836, he has left, with other issue, a son, the present, and a daughter, Emily, married to Capt. Wm. Webb, R.N. His third son, Edward, now deceased, was a Major in the Madras Engineers, and had distinguished himself in India, where he had been twice wounded. – Messrs. Stilwell.

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entered the Navy, 22 Dec. 1808, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the, of 42 guns and 222 men, Capt. Michael Seymour; and on 6 April, 1809, took part in a severe intermittent action of about four hours, which terminated in the capture, with a loss to the of 8 men killed and 37 wounded, of the French frigate Le Niemen of 46 guns and 339 men, of whom 47 were slain and 73 wounded. After attending the expedition to Flushing he accompanied Capt. Seymour into his prize, which had been added to the Navy as a 38-gun frigate. He continued with him in that ship, on the Channel and Irish stations, until the spring of 1812, when he again followed him, as Midshipman, into the 74. In March, 1814, being then on a cruize off Cherbourg, Mr. Lamb was present at the capture of the 40-gun frigate Sultane. We then find him proceeding to the West Indies, where, in the course of the same year, he successively joined the and  74’s, Capts. Jas. Walker and Geo. Pringle – the latter bearing the flag of Sir Philip Chas. Burham, by whom he was at first sent on a cruize in the tender, and then nominated Acting Sub-Lieutenant of the  schooner. He was made Lieutenant, 1 March, 1815, into the 18, Capt. Henry Loraine Baker, part of the force present at the ensuing surrender of Guadeloupe, with the despatches relative to which she returned to England; and he was next, from 29 of the following Sept. until superseded at his own request 27 March, 1817, employed on the Irish station in the  and  sloops, both commanded by Capt. Andrew Mitchell. His last appointment was, 29 Aug. 1833, to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained until the early part of 1836,

We understand that on one occasion, while in command of a merchant-ship, Lieut. Lamb performed service which was acknowledged by a reward from Lloyd’s.

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entered the Navy, in 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the sloop, Capt. Wm. Buchanan, on the Mediterranean station, where, in the course of the same year, he became Midshipman of the 74, Capt. Geo. Martin. Between 1803 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 20 June, 1808, he presents himself to our notice as serving in the Channel and off the coast of Ireland in the 64, Capt. John Temple,  74, Capts. Wm. Bligh, Sam. Hood Linzee, and Michael Seymour, and, of 42 guns and 261 men, Capt. M. Seymour. While in the latter ship we find him contributing to the capture, 11 Nov. 1808, off L’Orient, of the French frigate La Thétis, of 44 guns and 436 men, including troops, which was boarded and carried at the close of a furious contest of more than three hours, in which the British lost 19 men killed and 51 wounded, and the enemy 135 killed and 102 wounded. His last appointments were – 23 June, 1808, to the 74, Capt. John Harvey, under whom, after serving off Flushing and Cadiz, he witnessed the self-destruction, in Oct 1809, of the French ships of the line Robuste and Lion, off Cape Cette – in 1810, to the  frigate, Capt. Norbome Thompson, in the West Indies – 11 Oct. 1811, to the  brig, Capt. John Lawrence – 27 April, 1812, to the  98, Capts. Sam. Hood Linzee, Wm. Kent, and Robt. Rolles, in which ship he witnessed Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814, with the Toulon fleet – and, 29 March, 1814, to the 120, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. He returned to England in the following Aug., and accepted his present rank 7 May, 1846.

During his servitude afloat Commander Lamb was presented, we are informed, with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. He married, in March, 1823, Emma, daughter of J. Robinson, Esq., of Holloway, co. Middlesex.

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, born 26 Aug. 1822, is youngest son of Richard, seventh Earl of Cavan, K.C., a general officer in the Army, and Colonel of the 45th Regt. of Foot, by his second wife, Lydia, second daughter of Wm. Arnold, Esq., of Slatswood. He is half-uncle of the present Earl of Cavan.

This officer entered the Navy, 11 June, 1837, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 18, Capt. Jas. Wilkinson. In that vessel, after visiting the coast of Africa, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, until 1839, he served as Midshipman in the 92, Capt. Hyde Parker,  74, Capt. Wm. Bowen Mends, and 16, Capt. Hon. Dudley Worsley Anderson Pelham. Sailing then for China in the 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, he took part in the chief operations of the war, including the first and second attacks upon Canton, the reduction of Amoy, the re-taking of Chusan, the capture of Chinghae, Ningpo, and Chapoo, the battle of Woosung, the storming of Chin-Kiang-Foo, and the various hostilities on the Yang-tse-Kiang terminating with the pacification of Nanking. At Chin-Kiang-Foo, 21 July, 1842, Mr. Lambart was employed in the boats under Lieut. Edw. Crouch when they sustained, in an attempt to land the artillery-guns, a loss of 17 out of 24 persons wounded, including the officer last mentioned, whom he consequently succeeded in the command. In March, 1843, on his return to England, he joined the 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley at Portsmouth, where he passed his examination 6 Sept. following, and was for some time employed as Mate in the yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence. He obtained his commission 11 Oct. 1844, and since 19 Feb. 1845 (a few days previously to which period he had been appointed to the 92, Capt. Edw. Collier) has been serving in the  80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, on the Home and Mediterranean stations.

Lieut. Lambart married, 26 Nov. 1844, Anne Elizabeth, second daughter of

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was born 28 June, 1790. This officer entered the Navy, 1 July, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 28, Capt. Philip Somerville, stationed in the Channel. In the course of 1805 he successively joined the 98, and  100, bearing each the flag of Lord Collingwood, under whom, after serving at the blockade of Cadiz, he fought in the latter ship at the battle of Trafalgar. From Nov. in the same