John Pakenham

Vice-Admiral John Pakenham (1743-1807) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.

John Pakenham
Born	1743
Died	1807 Lowestoft, Suffolk
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands held	Jamaica Station HMS Gibraltar HMS Ajax
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars

Naval career

Promoted to post captain in 1780,[1] Pakenham briefly served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1785[2] before going on to command the third-rate HMS Gibraltar in 1796[3] and the third-rate HMS Ajax in July 1798 in the Channel.[4] Promoted to rear-admiral in 1799 and to vice-admiral in 1804,[1] he died at Lowestoft in Suffolk in 1807.[5]

References

1. "John Pakenham". Three Decks. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
2. Cundall, p. xx
3. Nelson, p. 154
4. "John Pakenham". P Benyon. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
5. Naval Chronicle. Joyce Gold. 1807. p. 520. Retrieved 12 October 2015. Vice-Admiral John PAkenham.

Sources

• Cundall, Frank (1915). Historic Jamaica. West India Committee.
• Nelson, Horatio (2011). The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1108035422.