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632 the 10, on the coast of Africa, whence he returned in 1844. He has not been since afloat. He was left a widower 21 June, 1846. – J. Chippendale.

 LAPIDGE, K.I.C., K.S.F.

entered the Navy, 10 Nov. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capts. Hon. Michael De Courcy, Fras. Pender, and Wm. Bradley, in which ship, with the exception of a voyage to St. Helena, he served on the Channel station until July, 1807. After attending the expeditions to Copenhagen and the Walcheren as Midshipman of the 64 and  74, both commanded by Capt. Donald Campbell, he joined, in Nov. 1809, the  38, Capts. Thos. Garth and Hon. Henry Duncan, and proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he remained employed, chiefly as Master’s Mate, Acting-Master, and Acting-Lieutenant of the same ship, and as Lieutenant (commission dated 9 April, 1814)of the 36, and  20, until the summer of 1816. He was on board the at the destruction, 27 June, 1812, of a French convoy under the batteries of Languelia and Alassio; and he was in her, on 17 of the ensuing Aug., in a spirited skirmish with a Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples. After he left the Florida, Mr. Lapidge’s appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant were – 23 Oct. 1819, to the 18, Capt. Wm. Augustus Baumgardt, whom he accompanied to the West Indies – 27 June, 1822, and 23 Oct. 1823, to the 74, and  80, guard-ships at Plymouth, Capts. Adam Mackenzie, Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, and John Sykes – 9 Jan. 1827, to the 78, Capt. Fred. Warren – and in 1830-1, to the successive command of the Messenger and steamers,  ketch, and  brig. In the last vessel he appears to have been employed during the civil war in Portugal. Being awarded a second promotal commission 2 Oct. 1833, Capt. Lapidge, on 21 of the following Nov., obtained command of the 16. The services performed by him in that vessel on the north coast of Spain, particularly at the defence of Portugalete and the siege of Bilbao in Nov. and Dec. 1836, were acknowledged by the Queen Regent, who created him a Commander of Isabella la Catolica, and presented him with the second class of San Fernando. He attained Post-rank 6 Jan. 1837, but did not leave the until the following April. His last appointment was, 23 Nov. 1843, to the steam-frigate, in which we find him employed on particular service, and on the S.E. coast of America and Channel stations, until paid off at the commencement of 1847.

Capt. Lapidge married, in 1817, a sister of the late Capt. Sir Wm. Elliott, R.N., C.B. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 LARCOM. 

, born 14 Sept. 1795, is son of Commissioner Joseph Larcom, of Malta Dockyard, who had been promoted to the rank of Commander for his conduct as First of the 74 in Lord Howe’s action 1 June, 1794, and died at Gibraltar, on his way to England, 17 Feb. 1818; and nephew of the present, and of the late Vice-Admiral A. P. Hollis, and the late Capt. Thos. Larcom, R.N., who commanded the 74 in Lord Bridport’s action in 1795, and was afterwards Flag-Captain to Rear-Admirals Sir Chas. Cotton and Cuthbert Collingwood, in the 98, and  74.

This officer entered the Royal Naval College 13 Feb. 1808; and embarked, 22 June, 1810, as a Supermumerary, on board the 110, Capt. R. J. Neve, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean; where, from the following Sept. until the close of 1817, he was successively employed on board the 110, Capt. Fras. Beaufort, sloop, Capt. Walter Bathurst,  frigate, Capt. F. Beaufort,  32, and  36, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Napier, 120, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth,  32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, 74, Capt. Norborne Thompson,  sloop, Capt. Rowland Mainwaring,  10, Capt. Wm. Cutfield, again, Capt. Jas. Murray, and 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Vinicombe Penrose. In May, 1813, being then Midshipman of the, Mr. Larcom served in the boats of that ship, and the 74, at the capture and destruction of La Fortune xebec of 10 guns, 4 swivels, and 95 men, and of 22 vessels collected under the batteries in the harbour of Cavalacie. The 26 Sept. 1814 was marked by his promotion to a Lieutenancy in the. His appointments, after he left the, were – 28 Nov. 1820, to the 28, Capt. Henry Bourchier, fitting for the Halifax station, whence he returned in 1824 – 7 March, 1825, to the  46, Capts. John Maxwell and Chas. John Austen, employed off Lisbon and in the West Indies – and, in 1828-9, to the 46,  26, and  10, Capts. Williams Sandom, Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, and Hon. Thos. Best, all on the Jamaica station. He was there promoted, 8 Aug. 1829, to the command of the 10, which vessel he paid off 11 June, 1831; and from 10 June, 1841, until advanced, 23 Nov. following, to Post-rank, he had command of the  18, on the Mediterranean station. He has since been on half-pay.

Capt. Larcom married, 17 Sept. 1844, his cousin, Westmoreland Jane, youngest daughter of Vice-Admiral M‘Kinley. – J. Hinxman.

 LARKE. 

entered the Navy, 10 Jan. 1796, as A.B., on board the 38, Capt. Matt. Henry Scott, and sailed for the West Indies, where, in the course of the same year, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the re-conquest of Ste. Lucie, and the suppression of an insurrection in the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada. On his return to Europe, in the following Nov., he joined the 98, successive flag-ship of Admirals Wm. Parker and Sir Chas. Thompson, under the former of whom he took part in the action off Cape St. Vincent 14 Feb. 1797. After a servitude of four years with Earl St. Vincent and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, as Master’s Mate, in the 110, and of two months with Capt. JohnWm. Spranger, as a Supernumerary, in the, on the Mediterranean, Channel, and West India stations, Mr. Larke was nominated, 2 March, 1802, Acting-Lieutenant of the 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens. He was officially promoted 1 July following, and, in May, 1804, after an intermediate employment, for short periods, in the 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Jervis, and in the Sea Fencibles at Cromer, in Norfolk, he was invested with the Governorship of the R.N. Hospital at North Yarmouth, where he continued until 30 Sept. 1814. He accepted his present rank 7 July, 1834.

 LAROCHE. 

is second son of the late Henry Laroche, Esq., of Halburton, Devon.

This officer entered the Navy, 22 Feb. 1782, as Captain’s Servant, on board the 50, Capt. Jas. Bradley, on the Home station, where, and in the West Indies and Mediterranean, he further, until Sept. 1793, served, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the and  74’s, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Fitzherbert, 50, flag-ship of Admirals Gambier and Innes,  sloop, Capt. Herbert Sawyer,, , and  again, Capts. Hyde Parker, Andw. Sutherland, and Chas. Chamberlayne, 74, Capts. H. Parker and Roger Curtis, and 100, bearing the flag of Lord Hood. While in the latter ship, Mr. Laroche, whose promotion to the