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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lauzun, Francis Daniel

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​LAUZUN. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.)
Francis Daniel Lauzun entered the Navy, 14 Oct. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, commanded by the Earl of Northesk, with whom he served in the Channel until April, 1802. In June, 1803, after he had been for nearly five months employed on the Guernsey station in the Alcmène 32, Capt. John Stiles, he rejoined the same nobleman on board the Britannia, and for his subsequent conduct as one of his Aides-de-Camp at the battle of Trafalgar he had the satisfaction of receiving his Lordship’s thanks. On the last-mentioned ship being paid off in June, 1806, Mr. Lauzun Joined the Lavinia 40, Capts. Lord Wm. Stuart and John Hancock, under whose orders he remained until Nov. 1808. During that period, it appears, he was much employed with the in-shore squadrons off Brest and Toulon, saw a good deal of arduous boat-service on the shores of France, Spain, and Italy, and was twice taken prisoner in a prize, the first time by a Spanish privateer, and the second by a national brig. Removing next to the Norge 74, Capt. John Sprat Rainier, Mr. Lauzun in Jan. 1809 proceeded to Corunna for the purpose of assisting at the embarkation of the army under the late Sir John Moore. While there, the pinnace, of which our officer had the charge, was sunk by a gun-shot at a moment when she was crowded with soldiers, women, and baggage. Luckily, owing to his presence of mind, and to the manner in which he preserved his authority in the midst of so much peril, not a soul was lost, the whole being rendered able to get on board a neighbouring frigate, the Unicorn 32. A full share of credit was of course awarded to Mr. Lauzun for his conduct under such very trying circumstances. In the following year we find him employed on shore at Ferrol, and receiving in common with others the thanks of the Regency for his exertions in equipping several Spanish men-of-war lying there dismantled, and in also removing the naval stores to prevent their falling into the hands of the French. In April, 1810, being then at Lisbon, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Ulysses 44, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, flag-ship afterwards of the Due de Bouillon off Guernsey. Owing to some informality in the appointment, the Admiralty, although requested by the latter officer, refused to confirm it, and in Nov. of the same year Mr. Lauzun was accordingly superseded. He was however made Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1811, into the Diadem armée en flûte, Capt. John Phillimore, and was afterwards appointed – 19 Sept. 1811, again to the Ulysses, at first employed as before, but afterwards commanded, in the Baltic, by Capt. Thos. Browne – and, 15 Jan. 1814, to the Dannemark 74, Capt. H. E. R. Baker, which ship, after having escorted an East India convoy to the Cape of Good Hope, returned home and was paid off 29 April, 1815. He has not been since afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lavie, Augustus

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​LAVIE. (Lieut., 1830. f-p., 15; h-p., 10.)
Augustus Lavie, born 6 April, 1805, is brother of Commander Geo. Lavie, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Jan. 1822, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spencer 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas, lying at Plymouth, where he followed the same officer into the Bulwark 74. From Sept. 1823 until Feb. 1827 we find him employed in South America as Midshipman of the Spartiate 76, and Wellesley 74, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre. During the next seven months he was again stationed at Plymouth, in the Britannia 120, and Ocean 80, Capts. Philip Pipon and Patrick Campbell. He then joined the Talbot 28, Capt. Hon. Fred. Spencer, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, where, from July, 1828, until advanced to the rank of Lieutenant 6 April, 1830, he discharged the duties of Mate on board the Asia 84, Capts. Edw. Curzon and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone. His succeeding appointments Were – 9 May, 1832, and 6 Jan. 1834, to the Ariadne 28, and Comus 18, Capts. Chas. Phillips and Wm. Price Hamilton, both on the West India station, whence he invalided in May, 1835 – 27 Oct. 1836, to the Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Broughton, with whom he served in South America until Nov. 1839 – 20 Dec. 1841, to the Vindictive 50, Capt. John Toup Nicolas, lying at Portsmouth – and 26 May, 1842; to the Calcutta 84, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts. He returned home from Quebec in Nov. of the latter year, and has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lavie, George

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​LAVIE. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 17; h-p., 4.)
George Lavie, born 24 July, 1813, is son of the late Sir Thos. Lavie, K.C.B., who received the honour of Knighthood in 1806, as a reward for his conduct in having in the Blanche, of 46 guns and 265 men, effected the capture of the French frigate Guerrière of 50 guns and 317 men. He is brother of Lieut. Augustus Lavie, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College in Nov. 1826; and embarked in Nov. 1828, as a Volunteer, on board the Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer. Proceeding in that ship to the Mediterranean, he there became Midshipman, in Nov. 1830, of the Windsor Castle 76, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie; and he was afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Dec. 1834, employed on the Home and South American stations, latterly as Mate, in the Revenge 78, Capt. Jas. Hillyar, Alligator 28, Capt. Geo. Robt. Lambert, Algerine 10, Capts. Hon. John Fred. Fitzgerald de Roos, and Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings. His succeeding appointments were – 26 Aug. 1835, again to the Excellent – 30 Dec. 1836, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Hon. Joseph Denman, on the Lisbon station – 11 May, 1839, to the Revenge again, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, in the Mediterranean – 12 July, 1842, as Senior, to the Isis 44, Capt. Sir John Marshall, at the Cape of Good Hope, whence he returned in Jan. 1845 – and, 31 Dec. in the latter year, to the Flamer steam-vessel, stationed in the Mediterranean. He was advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846, and still commands the Flamer.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lavington, Thomas

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​LAVINGTON. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Thomas Lavington entered the Navy, 31 Jan. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100, Capt. Wm. Bedford, employed in blockading Basque Roads and Brest. Removing as Midshipman, in Nov. 1813, to the Melpomène troop-ship, Capt. Robt. Rowley, he proceeded to North America, where he commanded a boat up the Patuxent at the destruction of Commodore Barney’s flotilla, was present at the capture of Washington, served on shore in the attack upon Baltimore, and had charge of one of the boats of a squadron at the capture, 14 Dec. 1814, on Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until the British, after a fierce contest, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. During the first three years of the general peace Mr. Lavington was stationed in South America on board the Hyacinth 20, Capt. Alex. Ronton Sharpe. He then, in Oct. 1818, passed his examination, and between that period and 1822 ​became in succession attached to the Severn Coast-Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, and Queen Charlotte 100, and Victory 104, commanded at Portsmouth by Capts. John Baker Hay and Chas. Inglis. On leaving the latter ship, he proceeded, as Admiralty Midshipman of the Driver sloop, Capt. Thos. Wolrige, to the coast of Africa, but, being soon compelled to invalid; he next, in 1823, joined, in a similar capacity, the Naiad 46, Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and sailed for the Mediterranean. Arrived on that station, he contributed, 31 Jan. 1824, to the complete defeat of the Tripoli Algerine corvette of 18 guns and 100 men; and on the night of 23 May following, he aided in the boats under Lieut. Michael Quin at the valiant destruction of a 16-gun brig moored in a position of extraordinary strength alongside the walls of the fortress of Bona, in which was a garrison of 400 soldiers, who, from cannon and musket, kept up a tremendous fire almost perpendicularly on the deck. We subsequently find him ordered to the East Indies in the Warspite 76, in which ship, bearing the flag at first of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage, he ultimately returned to the Mediterranean, where, after the battle of Navarin, he was promoted from the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Codrington, to a death-vacancy in the Rose 18, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley. His commission bears date 17 Dec. 1827. He returned to England in 1828; and with the exception of a period of nearly three years, between 1835 and 1838, has been in the Coast Guard since 1 Dec. 1829.
Lieut. Lavington married, 25 May, 1830, Anne, eldest daughter of Wm. Ferris, Esq., of Lymington, Hants, by whom he has issue six children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lawrance, George Bell

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​LAWRANCE. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p., 13; h-p., 37.)
George Bell Lawrance died 9 April, 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 March, 1797, as Master’s Mate, on board the El Corso 18, Capt. Bartholomew James, with whom he served, in the same vessel and the Canophs 80, on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations, until Sept. 1799. During the next three years and a half he was employed off St. Helena and in the Downs and West Indies on board the Director 64, Capt. Wm. Bligh, and Leviathan 74, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth. He then, in March, 1803, became Acting-Lieutenant of the Racoon 18, Capt. Austen Bissell, and while in that sloop, to which he was confirmed by commission dated 8 Sept. following, we find him in the course of the same year participating in a very warm action of 40 minutes, which terminated in the capture, in Leogane Roads, of the French corvette Le Lodi, of 10 guns and 61 men – contributing, also, to the destruction, off the island of Cuba, of the national brig La Mutine, of 18 guns – and further present, with distinction, in an action in which the Racoon, with only 42 men on board, most gallantly took, notwithstanding a long and desperate resistance on the part of the enemy, a French gun-brig, cutter, and schooner, carrying altogether between 300 and 400 men. In 1805, Lieut. Lawrance – who had for some time had command of the Gipsy schooner of 10 guns, and been also employed in the Echo sloop, Capt. Edmund Boger – successively joined the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, Hercule 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, and Theseus 74, Capt. Fras. Temple, all on the West India station; and he next, from 10 July 1806 until 15 July, 1808, served with the late Sir Sam. Hood on board the Centaur 74. While in the Echo he cut out a brig from the Bight of Leogane; he captured, in the Gipsy, a privateer of 4 guns off Trinidad; and, when in the Centaur, he assisted, in company with the Mars and Monarch 74’ s, at the defeat, 25 Sept. 1806, of four heavy French frigates off Rochefort, on which occasion Sir Sam. Hood lost his arm – accompanied, in Aug. and Sept. 1807, the expedition to Copenhagen, where he was employed in taking soundings during the siege – and was present in Dec. of the same year at the surrender of Madeira. His last appointment was, 5 June, 1810, to the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, with whom he served on the coast of France until 17 Dec. 1811. He retired with the rank of Commander 4 May, 1836.
Commander Lawrance married, in 1814, a daughter of Rich. Bennett, Esq., of Lostwithiel, co. Cornwall, by whom he has left, with one daughter, a son, the present Lieut. Geo. Bennett Lawrance, R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lawrance, Henry

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​LAWRANCE. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 34; h-p., 5.)
Henry Lawrance was born 4 Aug. 1789. This officer entered the Navy, 10 June, 1808, as Ordinary, on board the Van Tromp, Lieut.-Commander Michael M‘Carthy, lying at Falmouth; and from Feb. 1809 until June, 1816, was employed, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Nonpareil 12, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Dickinson, Argo 44, Capt. Fred. Warren, Euryalus 36, Capt. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and Trident 64, Capt. Rich. Budd Vincent. While in the latter ship, in Aug. 1815, he passed his examination. Until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 June, 1826, he appears to have further served, on the same stations as above, as Admiralty Midshipman and Mate, in the Calypso 18, Capt. Sam. Sison, Florida 20, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, Wye 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, Hind 20, Capts. Sir Chas. Burrard, Hon. Henry John Rous, and Lord John Churchill, and Revenge 76, flag-ship of Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He then joined the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, also in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in Dec. 1827; and since 1 Jan. 1833 he has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, in Jan. 1837, Mary, daughter of Pierce Chute, Esq., of Tralee, co. Kerry.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lawrence, Daniel

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​LAWRENCE. (Captain, 1816. f-p., 17; h-p., 32.)
Daniel Lawrence has two brothers, we believe, in the Royal Marines, both of whom served with great credit during the late war with America.
This officer entered the Navy in March, 1798, as a Volunteer, on board the Grand Falconer hired cutter, Lieut.-Commander John Chilcott, stationed off the coast of France; and on removing to the Cynthia sloop, Capt. Micajah Malbon, was employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the expeditions to Holland, Quiberon, Ferrol, and Egypt. He continued to serve with Capt. Malbon in the Aurora 28, and Hebe 32, on the Newfoundland, Home, and African stations, until April, 1806, and, while in the latter ship, was often engaged with the enemy’s flotilla and batteries near Boulogne. Proceeding next to the West Indies, Mr. Lawrence, after he had been there borne for short periods as a Supernumerary on the books of the Dolphin, Canada, and Northumberland, flag-ships of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, was successively nominated, in June, 1806, and Jan. 1807, Sub and Acting Lieutenant of the Orinoco, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Alex. Briarly, and Heureux 16, Capts. Wm. Coombe and John Watt. Being confirmed to the latter vessel by commission dated 19 May, 1808, we find him, on 28 of the following Nov., accompanying three boats under the personal command of Capt. Coombe in an attempt to cut out seven vessels lying under the protection of two batteries in the harbour of Mahaut, Guadeloupe. Having arrived at their destination after a row of about six hours, Lieut. Lawrence – while Capt. Coombe, in the barge with 19 men, was boarding a schooner of 2 guns and 39 men – landed with the remainder of the party, amounting to about 44 officers and men, and spiked the two 24-pounders upon the nearest battery. He then succeeded in boarding a brig; but, before either the schooner or the brig could be got off, the shore was lined with musketry, and 3 field-pieces were brought to bear upon the two captured vessels. These, having the misfortune to ground on their way out, became fixed objects for the enemy’s fire, and were ultimately abandoned, but not until Capt. Coombe had been killed and Lieut. Lawrence wounded by a musket-ball just above the wrist. Having distinguished himself in various other boat attacks, our officer (to whom the Patriotic Society awarded a gratuity for the injury we have alluded to) was permitted, as soon as he had served the necessary time, to ascend the next step in his profession, and his commission as Commander accordingly bears date 19 May, 1810. Previously, however, to his promotion, Capt. Lawrence appears to have been in acting-command of the Wanderer sloop at the reduction of Guadeloupe. His next and last appointments were, 28 May, 1814, and 21 Oct. 1815, to the Alceste and Weser troop-ships, in the former of which he attended the expedition to New Orleans. He acquired his present rank 2 Sept. 1816, and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lawless, Henry

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​LAWLESS. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 18; h-p., 22.)
Henry Lawless entered the Navy, in May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Procris 18, Capt. Fras. Beauman, attached to the force in the North Sea; and between the close of the same year and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 April, 1814, was successively employed, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Inflexible 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, Éclair sloop, Capt. Chas. Kempthorne Quash, Princess of Orange 74, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Campbell, Perlen 38, and Bombay 74, both commanded by Capt. Norbone Thompson, Barham 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, and Argo 44, Capts. Wm. Browne and Wm. Fothergill, on the Home and West India stations. He then joined the Statira frigate, Capt. Spelman Swaine, and, continuing in that ship until Jan. 1815, was present in her in the expedition against New Orleans. His next appointments were – 17 Eeb. and 26 Nov. 1830, to the Ramillies and Talavera Coast Blockade ships, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot – and 15 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard, in which he remained until the commencement of 1833. Since 7 March, 1843, he has been again employed in the latter service.
He married, 17 Jun. 1825, Miss Catherine Gask, of Bury Street, St. James’s. Agent – J. Chippendale.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Russell, William

Russell, William (1741-1793). -- Historian, b. in Selkirkshire, and apprenticed to a bookseller in Edin., he was patronised by Lord Elibank, and went to London, where he followed literature as a profession. He wrote poems and fables, a History of America (1779), and a History of Modern Europe, which he left unfinished.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Row, John

Row, John (1568-1646). -- Scottish ecclesiastical historian, b. at Perth, s. of John R., one of the Scottish Reformers, was minister of Carnock in Fife, and a leading opponent of Episcopacy. His Historie of the Kirk of Scotland, 1558-1637, left by him in manuscript, was printed in 1842 for the Wodrow Society. It is an original authority for the period.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Ruddiman, Thomas

Ruddiman, Thomas (1674-1757). -- Grammarian, b. in Banffshire, and ed. at King's Coll., Aberdeen, obtained a position in the Advocates' Library in Edin., of which in 1730 he became Librarian. In 1714 he pub. his Rudiments of the Latin Tongue, which was for long the recognised Latin grammar in the schools of Scotland. He was made printer to the Univ. in 1728. R., who was one of the greatest of Scottish Latinists, produced an ed. of the works of George Buchanan, and an ed. of Livy said to be "immaculate." He also reprinted, with notes, Gavin Douglas's version of the Æneid.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Rowe, Nicholas

Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718). -- Dramatist and poet, b. of a good family at Little Barford, Bedfordshire, was bred to the law, but inheriting an income of £300 a year, he devoted himself to literature, and produced several dramas, including The Ambitious Stepmother, The Fair Penitent, and Jane Shore. The last, which is his best, contains some scenes of true pathos, and holds its place. He also wrote some poems, and translated Lucan. R., who was a man of very engaging manners, was the friend of Pope, Swift, and Addison, and received many lucrative appointments, including that of Under-Sec. of State. He has the distinction of being the first ed. and biographer of Shakespeare (1709). He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, with an epitaph by Pope.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell

Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878). -- Statesman, biographer, and historical writer, third s. of the 6th Duke of Bedford, was ed. at Westminster School and the Univ. of Edin. He entered Parliament in 1813, and became one of the most eminent English statesmen of the 19th century. He uniformly acted with the Whig and afterwards with the Liberal party, advocated all measures of progress, especially the removal of tests, the extension of education, and Parliamentary reform. He was the leader of his party in the House of Commons from 1834-55, represented the City of London from 1841 until his elevation to the peerage in 1861, and held the offices of Paymaster of the Forces, Home Sec., Colonial Sec., Foreign Sec., and Prime Minister, which last he held twice, 1846-52, and 1865-66. His contributions to literature were considerable, both in number and importance, and include Essay on the English Constitution (1821), Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe from the Peace of Utrecht (1824), Correspondence of the 4th Duke of Bedford, Life, Diary, and Letters of Thomas Moore, Correspondence of Charles James Fox, and a Life of the same statesman, Essays on the Rise and Progress of the Christian Religion in the West of Europe (1873), and Recollections and Suggestions (1875).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Russell, Sir William Howard

Russell, Sir William Howard (1821-1907). -- War correspondent, b. in Co. Dublin, was called to the Bar in 1850. Having joined the staff of the Times, he was sent as war correspondent to the Crimea, his letters from which caused a profound sensation, and led to an improved condition of things in regard to the army. He was also correspondent in India during the Mutiny, in America during the Civil War, and during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, and the Franco-German War of 1870-71, in South Africa in 1879, and in Egypt in 1883. Among his books are The Adventures of Dr. Brady (1868), Hesperothen (1882), A Visit to Chili (1890), and The Great War with Russia (1895). He was knighted in 1895, and also received various foreign decorations.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Rutherford, Samuel

Rutherford, Samuel (1600?-1661). -- Theologian and controversialist, b. at Nisbet, Roxburghshire, ed. at Edin. Univ., where he became in 1623 Regent of Humanity (Prof. of Latin). In 1627 he was settled as minister of Anwoth in Galloway, whence he was banished to Aberdeen for nonconformity. On the re-establishment of Presbytery in 1638 he was made Prof. of Divinity at St. Andrews, and in 1651 Principal of St. Mary's Coll. there, and he was one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly. At the Restoration he was deprived of all his offices. He was a formidable controversialist, and a strenuous upholder of the divine right of Presbytery. Among his polemical works are Due Right of Presbyteries (1644), Lex Rex (1644), and Free Disputation against Pretended Liberty of Conscience. Lex Rex was, after the Restoration, burned by the common hangman, and led to the citation of the page 326author for high treason, which his death prevented from taking effect. His chief fame, however, rests upon his spiritual and devotional works, such as Christ Dying and drawing Sinners to Himself, but especially upon his Letters, which display a fervour of feeling and a rich imagery which, while highly relished by some, repel others.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Rycaut, or Ricaut, Sir Paul

Rycaut, or Ricaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700). -- Historian, was at Camb., and held various diplomatic positions. He wrote Present State of the Ottoman Empire (1668), and a continuation of Knolles's General Historie of the Turks, and translated Platina's Latin History of the Popes.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Rowley, William

Rowley, William (1585?-1642?). -- Dramatist, was an actor in the Queen's Company 1610. He collaborated with Middleton in A Fair Quarrel and The Changeling, and in others with Dekker, Webster, etc., and wrote unassisted A New Wonder, A Match at Midnight, A Shoemaker, a Gentleman, and several others; also a picture of life in London called A Search for Money. R. was vigorous and humorous, but his verse lacked sweetness and smoothness.