The owners of Lackham in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries ...

The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners
He entered the Royal Naval Academy in May 1796, and
embarked, March 1, 1797, as midshipman on board the
Cumberland 74 Capt. BS Rowley, lying at Portsmouth. In the
following July he removed to the Sirius 36, stationed in the
North Sea; from Feb 1798 to March 1799 he was in the
Ramillion 74; and then again, for two years, in the Sirius, in
which he was present at the Capture of the Dédaigneuse
frigate. Having next served for fourteen months in the
Boaddicea 38 he was in July 1803 appointed Admiralty
midshipman of the Clyde 38, in which he served in the North
Sea and Baltic until Dec 1803. He then became acting
Lieutenant of the Ariadne 24, off Havre de Grace; and in Jan
1805 was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Attentive gun-brig
in the West Indies. He was confirmed a Lieutenant Nov. 1805;
and on the 12 th Dec was appointed to the Achille 74, attached
to the Channel fleet. On the 10 th Oct 1805 re received charge
of the signal-station at Swanage, which he retained for six
months. In July 1807 he was again appointed to the Achille,
employed first in the Channel, next off the coast of Spain, and
then at the siege of Flushing where he served on shore, and
caught Walcheren fever, from which he suffered for ten
months. On 3 rd Aug 1810 he was appointed to the San Juan 74,
bearing the broad pendant of Commodore CV Penrose, at
Gibraltar; and whilst on the books of that ship he served in the
flotilla, and was in frequent action with the enemy during the
siege of Cadiz. He also commanded a division of gun-boats at
the defence of Tarifa; and for his services at both places he
was advanced to the rank of Commander March 21, 1812. He
was not afterwards employed, but accepted the rank of a
retired Captain, March 25, 1845 69
69 Gentleman’s Magazine vol Jan 1856 pp188-9
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