James Lillicrap

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.

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

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 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-Superintendent at Portsmouth in April 1830 before retiring in June 1833.[1]

References

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

Sources

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Lillicrap, James" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.