HMS Wasp HMS Hound HMS Convert HMS Agincourt HMS Romney HMS Polyphemus HMS Audacious HMS Impetueux
Battles/wars
American War of Independence
Battle of the Saintes
French Revolutionary Wars
Vlieter Incident
Battle of Copenhagen
Napoleonic Wars
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Sir John LawfordKCB (c. 1756 – 22 December 1842) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
He had a long and distinguished career, seeing action during the war with America at the Battle of the Saintes, and was commanding small ships during the interwar years and by the outbreak of war with Revolutionary France. He graduated to larger ships, despite the loss of a frigate under his command in 1794, and was commanding HMS Romney in British waters by 1798. His interception of a Swedish convoy in the English Channel further strained relations between Britain and Sweden, though Lawford was also to be involved in the breakup of the League of Armed Neutrality, when he formed part of Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson's fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen. Another highlight was the capture of a Spanish frigate carrying an immensely valuable cargo of specie. Lawford commanded several ships of the French and Spanish coasts throughout the rest of the wars, until being promoted to flag rank in 1811. He received further promotions throughout his long life, and the award of the KCB for his actions at Copenhagen, the only captain who fought at the battle to receive any honours related to it. He died three years later at the age of 86, having by then spent 65 years serving the navy.
Sir JohnLawford KCB (c. 1756 – 22 December 1842) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary...
family, and son of English actor Peter Lawford and Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford, who was a sister of President John F. Kennedy. He graduated from Tufts...
Patricia Helen Kennedy Lawford (May 6, 1924 – September 17, 2006) was an American socialite, and the sixth of nine children of Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy...
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Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lawford, after Admiral Sir JohnLawford: HMS Lawford (1913) was a Laforey-class destroyer, previously named...
me feel part of the fun." Peter Lawford was a brother-in-law of President John F. Kennedy (dubbed "Brother-in-Lawford" by Sinatra), and Kennedy spent...
Long Lawford is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England, located just west of Rugby, around 1.75 miles (2.82 km) west...
HMS Convert. The newly christened naval frigate and her seasoned captain, JohnLawford, were ordered to escort a 6-vessel merchant convoy from Jamaica to Britain...
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incentives, and level of transparency and accountability at ADRBO". In 2018, JohnLawford, executive director of consumer rights group the Public Interest Advocacy...
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comedy/Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Rat Pack icons Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. It was the...
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comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe. It stars Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalbán, Cyd Charisse, Kathryn Beaumont and Jimmy Durante. Rosalind...
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of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of former president John F. Kennedy. A popular first lady, she endeared herself to the American public...
control of their information. However, not all concerns were waived : JohnLawford, executive director and general counsel with the Public Interest Advocacy...
Navy ship-of-the-line HMS Polyphemus (64) under the command of Captain JohnLawford, and the frigate HMS Lively (38) under the command of Captain Graham...
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