James Lillicrap
James Lillicrap | |
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Died | 9 July 1851 |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1780–1833 |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Commands held | HMS Dispatch Cape of Good Hope Station HMS Gloucester |
Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Gunboat War |
Rear Admiral James Lillicrap (died 9 July 1851) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station.
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Lillicrap joined the Royal Navy in September 1780.[1] He saw action at the Second Battle of Algeciras in July 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars and commanded the sloop HMS Dispatch at the Battle of Copenhagen in August 1807 during the Gunboat War.[1] Promoted to captain in October 1810, he was given command of the fifth-rate in January 1815.[1] He became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station in September 1821[2] and, after commanding the third-rate HMS Gloucester from October 1823 and March 1824, became Captain-Superintendent at Portsmouth in April 1830 before retiring in June 1833.[1]
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- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). John Murray – via Wikisource. . .
- Royal Navy admirals
- 1851 deaths
- Royal Navy personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
- Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars