Vice-Admiral John Pakenham (1743–1807) was a
Royal Navy
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officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the
Jamaica Station.
Naval career
Promoted to
post captain in 1780,
Pakenham briefly served as Commander-in-Chief of the
Jamaica Station in 1785 before going on to command the
third-rate
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HMS ''Gibraltar'' in 1796 and the third-rate
HMS ''Ajax'' in July 1798 in the Channel. Promoted to
rear-admiral in 1799 and to
vice-admiral in 1804,
[ he died at ]Lowestoft
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in Suffolk
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in 1807.
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Royal Navy vice admirals
1743 births
1807 deaths