John Borlase Warren

Sir

John Borlase Warren

North America Station
Sir; John Borlase Warren; North America Station
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War; French Revolutionary Wars Action of 23 April 1794; Invasion of France; Battle of Tory Island; ; Napoleonic Wars Action of 13 March 1806; ; War of 1812;
Alma mater	Winchester College; Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Spouse(s)	Caroline Clavering
Relations	George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon (grandson)

PC (2 September 1753 – 27 February 1822) was a British Royal Navy officer, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons

between 1774 and 1807.

Naval career

Born in

able seaman;^[3] in 1774 he became member of Parliament for Great Marlow; and in 1775 he was created a baronet, the baronetcy held by his ancestors, the Borlases, having become extinct in 1689.^[4]

Career

His career as a seaman really began in 1777, and two years later he obtained command of a ship.

action of 12 October 1798

off Donegal.

Diplomatic career

In 1802, he was sworn of the

Commodore John Rodgers.^[6]

Personal life

On 12 December 1780, he married Caroline Clavering, a daughter of Lt.-Gen. Sir John Clavering. She died in 1839.

He died on 27 February 1822. His two sons predeceased him. His daughter and heiress, Frances Maria Warren (1784–1837), married George Venables-Vernon, 4th Baron Vernon. Their son was George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon.

Legacy

There is a monument to him in St Mary's Church, Attenborough in Nottinghamshire. A popular figure in the area of his birth, there are a number of pubs named after him in Nottingham and nearby towns.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
^ Stanford University,
^ "Warren, John Borlase (WRN769JB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ ^a ^b ^c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Warren, Sir John Borlase". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 330.
^ King, R.N., Lt. William Elletson (1811). The Naval Chronicle (1799-1818): Containing a general and biographical history of the royal navy of the United kingdom with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects. London: J. Gold. p. 197. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ Paullin, Charles Oscar (1910). Commodore John Rodgers: Captain, Commodore, and Senior Officer of the American Navy, 1773-1838. Arthur H. Clark Company. pp. 279–280. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

References

Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Borlase Warren

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by William Clayton William Dickinson	Member of Parliament for Great Marlow 1774–1784 With: William Clayton 1774–83 William Clayton 1783–84	Succeeded by William Clayton Sir Thomas Rich
Preceded by Robert Smith Daniel Parker Coke	Member of Parliament for Nottingham 1797–1800 With: Daniel Parker Coke	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Nottingham 1801–1806 With: Daniel Parker Coke 1801–02, 1803–06 Joseph Birch 1802–03	Succeeded by Daniel Coke John Smith
Preceded by Thomas Grenville Sir William Young, Bt	Member of Parliament for Buckingham 1807 With: Thomas Grenville	Succeeded by Thomas Grenville Richard Neville
Military offices
Preceded by George Cranfield Berkeley	Commander-in-Chief, North American Station 1807–1810	Succeeded by Herbert Sawyer
Preceded by Herbert Sawyer	Commander-in-Chief, North American Station 1813–1814	Succeeded by Sir Alexander Cochrane
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation	Baronet (of Little Marlow) 1775–1822	Extinct

[dcb-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

[edit-2] Stanford University,

[3] "Warren, John Borlase (WRN769JB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[EB1911-4] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Warren, Sir John Borlase". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 330.

[King1811-5] King, R.N., Lt. William Elletson (1811). The Naval Chronicle (1799-1818): Containing a general and biographical history of the royal navy of the United kingdom with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects. London: J. Gold. p. 197. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[Paullin1910-6] Paullin, Charles Oscar (1910). Commodore John Rodgers: Captain, Commodore, and Senior Officer of the American Navy, 1773-1838. Arthur H. Clark Company. pp. 279–280. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

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