Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet

Infobox Military Person
name=Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet
lived=2 September 1753 – death date and age|1822|2|27|1753|9|2


caption=Sir John Borlase Warren, by Daniel Orme, 1799
placeofbirth = Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, England
placeofdeath = Greenwich Hospital, London [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3189 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"] ]
nickname=
residence = United Kingdom
nationality = British
allegiance=United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland
serviceyears=1771–
rank=Admiral
branch= Royal Navy
commands=
unit=
battles=Battle of Tory Island (incomplete list)
awards=Baronet
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Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet (2 September, 1753 – 27 February 1822), was an English admiral, politician and diplomat. Born in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, he was the son and heir of John Borlase Warren (d. 1775) of Stapleford and Little Marlow. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and in 1771 entered the Royal Navy as an able seaman; 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.

His career as a seaman really began in 1777, and two years later he obtained command of a ship. In April 1794, as Commodore of the frigate squadron off the north west French coast assisting in the blockade of Brest, Warren and his squadron captured a number of French frigates. In 1795 he commanded one of the two squadrons carrying troops for the Quiberon expedition and in 1796 his frigate squadron off Brest is said to have captured or destroyed 220 vessels. In October 1798 a French fleet, carrying 5000 men, sailed from Brest intending to invade Ireland. The plan was frustrated in no small part due to the squadron under his command.

In 1802 he was sworn of the Privy Council and sent to St. Petersburg as ambassador extraordinary, but he did not forsake the sea, and in 1806 he captured a large French warship, the "Marengo". He became an Admiral in 1810, and was commander-in-chief on the North American Station in 1813–1814. He died on 27 February 1822. His two sons predeceased him. His daughter and heiress, Frances Maria (1784–1837), married George Venables-Vernon, 4th Baron Vernon. Their son was George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon.

There is a monument to him in St. Mary's Church, Attenborough in Nottinghamshire.

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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3189 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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