Admiral
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Richard Laird Warren (1806 – 29 July 1875) was a
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
officer who went on to be
Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
The Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally known as the Nore Station or Nore Command. The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the Th ...
.
Naval career
Born the son of Admiral
Frederick Warren
Frederick Warren (March 1775 – 22 March 1848) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the Gunboat War, rising to the rank of vice-admiral.
Life
Born in March 1775, he was son of ...
,
Warren joined the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
in 1822.
Promoted to
Captain
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in 1839, he commanded
HMS ''Magicienne'' and then
HMS ''Trincomalee''.
[ The ''Trincomalee'' was assigned to provide ]hurricane
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relief and to search vessels for slave-trade activities on the North American Station
The North America and West Indies Station was a formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed in North American waters from 1745 to 1956. The North American Station was separate from the Jamaica Station until 1830 when the t ...
.Black Sea
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during the Crimean War
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Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...
.[ He was appointed Commander-in-chief, ]South East Coast of America Station
The South East Coast of America Station was a formation of the Royal Navy which existed from 1838 until just after the end of the 19th century.
History
The station was separated from the Pacific Station in 1838 in order to combat the slave trade i ...
in 1861 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
The Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally known as the Nore Station or Nore Command. The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the Th ...
in 1869 and retired in 1870.[
]
Family
In 1844 he married Eleanor Charlotte Warren; they had six sons and four daughters.[
]
See also
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References
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1806 births
1875 deaths
Royal Navy admirals