A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Chamberlayne, John
CHAMBERLAYNE. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
John Chamberlayne is only surviving son of the late Admiral Chas. Chamberlayne, who died in 1810; brother of the late Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, R.N., C.B. (1807); grand-nephew of James, Duke of Chandos; and first-cousin of Admiral Sir Chas. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.B., Vice-Admiral Sir Edw. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.B., Capt. Chas. Chamberlayne Irvine, R.N. , and Lieut. Chas. Henry Ackerley, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 July, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, employed on the Home station; removed, in April, 1808, to the Leopard 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Albemarle Bertie, at the Cape of Good Hope; and, in May, 1810, became Midshipman of the Boadicea 38, Capt. Josias Bowley. In the course of the latter year he assisted at the reduction of Isle Bourbon; the re-capture of the Africaine 38; the taking, after a spirited action of 10 minutes, and a loss, to the Boadicea of 2 men wounded, and to the enemy of 9 killed and 15 wounded, of La Vénus, of 44 guns and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hamelin, and of her prize the Ceylon 32; and the conquest of the Isle of France, where, for the purpose of covering the debarkation of the troops, he commanded the barge of the Africaine, the flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bertie, to which he had been recently transferred. Mr. Chamberlayne next in succession joined the Eclipse 18, Capt. Henry Lynne (with whom he returned home in Nov. 1812), the Barrosa 36, and Royal George yacht, both lying off Deptford, and the San Josef 110, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Rich. King; and, on 19 Aug. 1813, was appointed, immediately after passing his examination, Acting-Lieutenant of the Weasel 18, Capts. Jas. Black and Hon. Fred. Noel. In Nov. and Dec. following he materially contributed, as Commander on shore of half his ship’s company, and latterly as officer in sole charge of the Weasel herself, during the temporary absence of the Captain and First Lieutenant, to the reduction of the fortress of Zara.[1] Having been confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant, 11 Jan. 1814, Mr. Chamberlayne returned to England in the Unite 36, commanded by his brother, Capt. H. E. Chamberlayne, and was paid off, in Oct. of the same year; after which we find him serving, from 26 Aug. 1818, until the autumn of 1819, in the Rochfort, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle, and, from 26 Oct. 1820, until the spring of 1821, in the Esk 20, Capt. Edw. Lloyd, on the West India station. He attained the rank he now holds 28 Aug. 1828, and has since been unemployed. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
- ↑ See Earl of Cadogan.