James Lillicrap

James Lillicrap
Died 9 July 1851
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
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.

Naval career

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 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 HMS Hyperion 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-Superintendant at Portsmouth in April 1830 before retiring in June 1833.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 O'Byrne
  2. ↑ Hiscocks, Richard. "Cape Commander-in-Chief 1795-1852". morethannelson.com. morethannelson.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

Sources

Military offices
Preceded by
Robert Lambert		 Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station
1821–1822 		Succeeded by
Joseph Nourse
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