A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Loudon, William
LOUDON. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 23.)
William Loudon entered the Navy, 25 June, 1804, as a Volunteer, on board the Adamant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, stationed off Boulogne; where, and in the Baltic, he served, from the following Sept. until July, 1809, chiefly as Second-Master, in the Wrangler, Lieut.-Commanders Chas. Burlton and John Bentinck Pettet. After discharging for twelve months the duties of Master’s Mate in the Téméraire 98, Capts. Clay and Chamberlayne, he was successively appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in July, 1810, and Feb. and April, 1811, of the Hound bomb, Capt. John Williams, and Bulwark 74, and Standard 64, each commanded by Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. During his attachment to those ships he co-operated in the defence of Cadiz and made a voyage to Lima. He was confirmed in his present rank 18 Aug. 1812; and was lastly, from July, 1813, to Oct. 1814, and from Jan. to July, 1815, employed in the Vengeur 74, commanded off Brest by Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram Robt. Ricketts, and Elizabeth 74, flag-ship at Gibraltar of Hon. C. E. Fleeming.