Frederick Warren (March 1775 – 22 March 1848) was an officer of the
Royal Navy
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who served during the
French Revolutionary
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and
Napoleonic Wars
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, and the
Gunboat War
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, rising to the rank of
vice-admiral.
Life
Born in March 1775, he was son of
Richard Warren
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Early life
Richard Warren married Elizabeth Walker, at Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, on 14 April 1610. Elizabeth ...
the physician, and elder brother of
Pelham Warren. He was admitted to
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
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, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
, head_label = Hea ...
on 15 January 1783, and entered the navy in March 1789, on board
HMS ''Adamant'', flagship of
Sir Richard Hughes on the
Halifax station.
When the ''Adamant'' was paid off in 1792, Warren was sent to
HMS ''Lion'' with Captain
Erasmus Gower
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Naval career
Gower, aged 13, joined the Royal Navy in 1755 under the patronage of his uncle, Captain John Donkley. He was present at ...
, and in her made the voyage to China. Shortly after his return, on 24 October 1794, he was confirmed in the rank of lieutenant and appointed to
HMS ''Prince George''. He then served in
HMS ''Jason'' on the home station, and in
HMS ''Latona'' off
Newfoundland
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, where he was promoted on 10 August 1797 to command the sloop
HMS ''Shark''. In 1800 he commanded
HMS ''Fairy'' in the West Indies.
Naval captain of the Napoleonic Wars
On 12 May 1801 Warren was promoted to the rank of captain. On the renewal of the war in 1803 after the
Peace of Amiens
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he had for three years the command of the
sea fencibles
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The ea ...
of the Dundee district; in November 1806 he was appointed to
HMS ''Daedalus'', and took her out to the West Indies, where in April 1808 he was moved to
HMS ''Meleager'', which was wrecked near
Port Royal
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on 30 July 1808. Warren was acquitted of all blame, and officially complimented on the exertions he had made after the ship struck.
In 1809 Warren commanded
HMS ''Melpomene'' in the
Baltic Sea
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for a few months, acting for
Sir Peter Parker, 2nd Baronet
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Biography
Parker was the descendant of several Royal Navy flag ...
, who was on sick leave.
On the night of 29–30 May he fought a severe action in
the Belt
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Cast
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with about twenty Danish gunboats. At daybreak the wind freshened and the gunboats retired; but the ''Melpomene'' had lost thirty-four men, killed and wounded; both hull and masts had suffered much damage, and her rigging was cut to pieces. She was shortly afterwards sent to England and paid off.
In December 1809 Warren was appointed to the 44-gun
HMS ''Argo'', which he commanded on the Lisbon station and in the Mediterranean for nearly three years. In 1814 he commanded the 74-gun
HMS ''Clarence'' in the
English Channel
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.
Later life
From 1825 to 1830 Warren commanded
HMS ''Spartiate''. He was promoted to be rear-admiral on 22 July 1830; from 1831 to 1834 he was commander-in-chief at the
Cape of Good Hope Station
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,
and from 1837 to 1841 admiral-superintendent at
Plymouth
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Plymouth ...
. He was made a vice-admiral on 23 November 1841, and died at
Cosham
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, near Portsmouth, on 22 March 1848.
Family
Warren married, in 1804, Mary, only daughter of Rear-Admiral
David Laird
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of Strathmartine House,
Dundee
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, and had issue. His eldest son,
Richard Laird Warren, died an admiral in 1875.
See also
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1775 births
1848 deaths
Royal Navy admirals
Royal Navy personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
People educated at Westminster School, London