John Pakenham

John Pakenham
Born 1743
Died 1807
Lowestoft, Suffolk
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Rank Vice-Admiral
Commands held Jamaica Station
HMS Gibraltar
HMS Ajax
Battles/wars French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars

Vice-Admiral John Pakenham (1743-1807) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.

Promoted to post captain in 1780,[1] Pakenham briefly served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1785[2] before going on to command the third-rate HMS Gibraltar in 1796[3] and the third-rate HMS Ajax in July 1798 in the Channel.[4] Promoted to rear-admiral in 1799 and to vice-admiral in 1804,[1] he died at Lowestoft in Suffolk in 1807.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Pakenham". Three Decks. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Cundall, p. xx
  3. ↑ Nelson, p. 154
  4. ↑ "John Pakenham". P Benyon. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Naval Chronicle". Joyce Gold. 1807. p. 520. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

Sources

  • Cundall, Frank (1915). Historic Jamaica. West India Committee.
  • Nelson, Horatio (2011). "The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1108035422.
Military offices
Preceded by
James Gambier		 Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station
1785		 Succeeded by
Alan Gardner
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