Glatton 54, in which ship he assisted at the capture and destruction of the Danish line of defence before Copenhagen, April 2, 1801 . The Glatton’s loss on that occasion amounted to 18 killed and 37 wounded. His promotion to the rank of Commander took place on the 27th of the same month.
During the late war. Captain Tom successively commanded the Royalist defence ship, stationed in the Downs; the Gorgon 44, employed as an hospital-ship in the Baltic; and the Castilian brig, of 18 guns, from which vessel he was posted, Oct. 21, 1810.
Agent.– J. Hinxman, Esq.
JAMES LILLICRAP, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1810.]
This officer is a native of Plymouth. He entered the navy at an early age, and his first voyage was to America, as a midshipman on board the Racehorse sloop. Captain Thomas Wilson, in 1784. On her return from thence, that vessel was sent to the coast of Scotland, where she continued, employed in the suppression of smuggling, until ordered to be paid off in Mar. 1787. Whilst belonging to her, Mr. Lillicrap had an extraordinary escape, a pony that he was mounted on, for the purpose of riding from Deal to Sandwich, having taken fright and backed over into the moat surrounding Sandown Castle, a depth of more than 20 feet. Strange to say, although the poor beast was killed, he himself escaped without any material injury.
After leaving the Racehorse, Mr. Lillicrap successively joined the Termagant sloop. Captain Rowley Bulteel; Cumberland 74, Captain John Macbride; Syren frigate. Captain John Manley; and St. George 98, flagship of Rear-Admiral Phillips Cosby, Commander-in-chief at Plymouth.
The Cumberland bore a French Admiral’s flag at the sham fight off Plymouth, June 18, 1789; on which occasion, King George III. and his august consort were present in the Southampton frigate. She also formed part of the squadron
