A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Leith, Lockhart
LEITH. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Lockhart Leith entered the Navy, 24 July, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Devastation bomb, Capt. Alex. Milner, and, until discharged in the following Dec, was employed off Boulogne and in the Downs. Re-embarking, in July, 1806, on board the Monarch 74, Capt. Rich. Lee, we find him, in company with a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood, at the capture, 25 Sept. following, of four heavy French frigates from Rochefort, on which occasion the above ship enacted a very conspicuous part, compelled La Minerve, of 44 guns and 650 men, to surrender, and sustained a loss of 4 men killed and 25 wounded. The Monarch, it appears, was afterwards employed in blockading the Tagus, in escorting, towards the close of 1807, the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils, and in the expedition to the Walcheren in Aug. 1809. In Dec. 1811 Mr. Leith removed to the Marlborough 74, Capt. Matt. Henry Scott, stationed off Flushing and in the Channel, where he served until Aug. 1812. In the following month, the latter officer having hoisted his flag in the Chatham 74, he rejoined him on board that ship, in which he continued employed, under Capts. Wm. Lukin and David Lloyd, on the Home and Cork stations, until July, 1815. He then took up a commission dated on 10 of the previous March; and has not been since afloat.