Royal Naval Biography/Pateshall, Nicholas Lechmere
NICHOLAS LECHMERE PATESHALL, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1815.]
Is the fourth son of Edmund Pateshall, of Allensmore, co. Hereford, Esq. He first embarked in Aug. 1795, and served the whole of his time as a midshipman, under Sir Edward Pellew, now Viscount Exmouth, in the Indefatigable frigate, and Impétueux of 80 guns. The principal services in which he participated during the first six years of his professional life are detailed at p. 216 et seq. of Vol. I. Part I.
In Aug. 1801, Mr. Pateshall received an order to act as lieutenant of the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of the Hon. William Cornwallis, which appointment was confirmed by the Admiralty, Nov. 20 following. In 1803 and 1804, we find him circumnavigating the globe, in the Calcutta 50, Captain Daniel Woodriff[1]. On his return from that interesting voyage, he again joined the Ville de Paris, and continued in her until Admiral Cornwallis resigned the command of the Channel fleet, in June 1806. He was then appointed to the Kent 74, Captain Thomas Rogers, under whom he served as first lieutenant for a period of four years.
The Kent accompanied Earl St. Vincent to Lisbon, in the summer of 1806; and was afterwards sent to the Mediterranean, where her boats captured, at different times, upwards of 30 merchant vessels and small cruisers (including a Turkish corvette), and spiked the guns of many batteries, principally in the Gulf of Genoa[2].
This officer subsequently proceeded to Jamaica, where he was made commander, July 24, 1811, and successively appointed to the Shark sloop. Reindeer brig, and Polyphemus 64. On the 7th Oct. 1813, he obtained the command of the Adder, a new 12-gun brig, fitting at Portsmouth, in which vessel he was employed for a short time on the north coast of Spain, and afterwards sent to the Halifax station; where he received an appointment to the Jaseur 16, dated June 7, 1814. His promotion to post rank took place Feb. 18, 1815, after which he commanded the Carron 20, on the coast of America, in the West Indies, at Bermuda, and Newfoundland. He was put out of commission at Portsmouth, in Aug. 1816.
Agent.– J. Copland, Esq.