# Frederick Warren

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For other people, see [Frederick Warren (disambiguation)](/source/Frederick_Warren_(disambiguation)).

[Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice_admiral_(Royal_Navy)) **Frederick Warren** (24 March 1775 – 22 March 1848) was an officer of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) who served during the [French Revolutionary](/source/French_Revolutionary_Wars) and [Napoleonic Wars](/source/Napoleonic_Wars), and the [Gunboat War](/source/Gunboat_War).

## Life

Born on 24 March 1775,[1] he was son of [Richard Warren](/source/Richard_Warren_(physician)) the physician, and elder brother of [Pelham Warren](/source/Pelham_Warren_(physician)). He was admitted to [Westminster School](/source/Westminster_School) on 15 January 1783, and entered the navy in March 1789, on board [HMS *Adamant*](/source/HMS_Adamant_(1780)), flagship of [Sir Richard Hughes](/source/Sir_Richard_Hughes,_2nd_Baronet) on the [Halifax](/source/Halifax_(former_city)) station.[2]

When the *Adamant* was paid off in 1792, Warren was sent to [HMS *Lion*](/source/HMS_Lion_(1777)) with Captain [Erasmus Gower](/source/Erasmus_Gower), and in her made the voyage to China. Shortly after his return, on 24 October 1794, he was confirmed in the rank of lieutenant and appointed to [HMS *Prince George*](/source/HMS_Prince_George_(1772)). He then served in [HMS *Jason*](/source/HMS_Jason_(1794)) on the home station, and in [HMS *Latona*](/source/HMS_Latona_(1781)) off [Newfoundland](/source/Newfoundland), where he was promoted on 10 August 1797 to command the sloop [HMS *Shark*](/source/HMS_Shark_(1779)). In 1800 he commanded [HMS *Fairy*](/source/HMS_Fairy_(1778)) in the West Indies.[2]

## Naval captain of the Napoleonic Wars

On 12 May 1801 Warren was promoted to the rank of captain. On the renewal of the war in 1803 after the [Peace of Amiens](/source/Peace_of_Amiens) he had for three years the command of the [sea fencibles](/source/Sea_fencibles) of the Dundee district; in November 1806 he was appointed to [HMS *Daedalus*](/source/HMS_Daedalus_(1780)), and took her out to the West Indies, where in April 1808 he was moved to [HMS *Meleager*](/source/HMS_Meleager_(1806)), which was wrecked near [Port Royal](/source/Port_Royal) on 30 July 1808. Warren was acquitted of all blame, and officially complimented on the exertions he had made after the ship struck.[2]

In 1809 Warren commanded [HMS *Melpomene*](/source/HMS_Melpomene_(1794)) in the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea) for a few months, acting for [Sir Peter Parker, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_Peter_Parker,_2nd_Baronet), who was on sick leave.[2][3][4] On the night of 29–30 May he fought a severe action in the [Danish Straits](/source/Danish_Straits) with about twenty Danish gunboats. At daybreak the wind freshened and the gunboats retired; but the *Melpomene* had lost thirty-four men, killed and wounded; both hull and masts had suffered much damage, and her rigging was cut to pieces. She was shortly afterwards sent to England and paid off.[2]

In December 1809 Warren was appointed to the 44-gun [HMS *Argo*](/source/HMS_Argo_(1781)), which he commanded on the Lisbon station and in the Mediterranean for nearly three years. In 1814 he commanded the 74-gun [HMS *Clarence*](/source/HMS_Clarence_(1812)) in the [English Channel](/source/English_Channel).[2]

## Later life

From 1825 to 1830 Warren commanded [HMS *Spartiate*](/source/HMS_Spartiate_(1798)). He was promoted to be rear-admiral on 22 July 1830; from 1831 to 1834 he was commander-in-chief at the [Cape of Good Hope Station](/source/Cape_of_Good_Hope_Station),[5] and from 1837 to 1841 admiral-superintendent at [Plymouth](/source/Plymouth). He was made a vice-admiral on 23 November 1841. Warren died at his abode, East Cosham Court, [Wymering](/source/Wymering), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire) on 22 March 1848 and was buried at St Peter and St Paul, Wymering.[6]

## Family

Warren married, in 1804, Mary, only daughter of Rear-Admiral [David Laird](/source/David_Laird_(Royal_Navy_officer)) of Strathmartine House, [Dundee](/source/Dundee), and had issue. His eldest son, [Richard Laird Warren](/source/Richard_Laird_Warren), died an admiral in 1875.[2]

## See also

- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Warren, Frederic". "A Naval Biographical Dictionary". [John Murray](/source/John_Murray_(publishing_house))

## Notes

1. St James, Piccadilly Baptism Records 1875

1. Vol. 59.

1. Lambert, Andrew. "Parker, Sir Peter". 21330.

1. John Marshall (18 November 2010). [*Royal Naval Biography: Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-Officers, Superannuated Rear-Admirals, Retired-Captains, Post-Captains, and Commanders*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Jps1Iq_-GUUC&pg=PA415). Cambridge University Press. pp. 415–. ISBN 978-1-108-02266-8.

1. Hiscocks, Richard (17 January 2016). ["Cape Commander-in-Chief 1795-1852"](http://morethannelson.com/commander-chief-cape/). *morethannelson.com*. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

1. Wymering Burial Records 1848

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