George Robert, a Commander R.N. Another, Henry, commanded the Java frigate, and was slain in an action with the American ship Constitution, at a moment when he had every prospect of obtaining a complete victory over his powerful opponent. The particulars of that gallant action will be given under the head of Commander H. D. Chads, in a subsequent part of this work; and it is our intention at the same time to introduce a sketch of Captain H. Lambert’s previous services.
Residence.– Beaupert, near Hastings.
JOSEPH BINGHAM, Esq
Rear-Admiral of the White.
This officer was born about the year 1769, and entered the naval service in 1781 as a Midshipman, on board the Dublin, of 74 guns, commanded by the late Sir Archibald Dickson, which ship formed part of Lord Howe’s fleet at the relief of Gibraltar, and in the partial action with the combined fleets of France and Spain, off Cape Spartel, Oct. 20, 1782[1]. He afterwards served successively in the Ariadne, Proselyte, Druid, and Solebay frigates, on the coasts of Ireland and Newfoundland, in the British Channel, and at the Leeward Islands. On the latter station he joined the Jupiter, of 50 guns, bearing the broad pendant of the late Sir William Parker, by whom he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
At the commencement of the war with France, in 1793, we find Mr. Bingham serving as third Lieutenant of the Ganges, 74, Captain A. I. P. Molloy. In that ship he had the good fortune to share in the capture of the General Dumourier French Privateer and her prize the St. Iago, a Spanish galleon of immense value[2]. He was subsequently appointed to the Caesar, of 84 guns.
In the partial action between Earl Howe’s fleet and that of the French republic, on the evening of May 28, 1794[3], Mr. Bingham was senior Lieutenant of the Audacious, of 74 guns, which ship, it will be remembered, engaged la Revolution-
