Sir John Wentworth Loring (1775-1852)

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Sir John Wentworth Loring

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth13.10.1775 - Massachusetts CSORN
First Known Service24.5.1794CSORN
Father-in-Law
Philip PattonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1814
ref:736
WifeAnna Patton - Married 1804ref:736
Uncle
John LoringBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1803
ref:736
Last Known Service1837CSORN
Date of Death29.7.1852CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
24.5.1794 LieutenantCSORN
1795 
Saint George (98) 1785-1811
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant		ADM 171/8
14.3.1795 Action off Genoa 
13.7.1795 Battle of Hyeres 
5.179610.1796
Bellerophon (74) 1786-1836
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1824 Renamed "Captivity"
, Acting Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
6.17983.1.1799
Rattler (16) 1795-1815
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
3.1.1799 CommanderCSORN
3.1.17991.3.1799
Rattler (16) 1795-1815
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
4.179928.4.1802
Lark (16) 1794-1809
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
28.4.1802 CaptainCSORN
28.4.180210.1802
Syren (32) 1782-1822
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
10.18036.1804
Utrecht (68) 1799-1815
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
4.18056.1807
Salvador del Mundo (112) 1797-1815
British 112 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
12.18055.1811
Niobe (38) 1800-1816
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
13.11.181023.12.1810Actions at La Hougue 
24.3.1811 Attack on the Amazone 
7.18135.1814
Impregnable (98) 1810-1906
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
4.11.18191837Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Royal Naval Academyref:736
4.1837 Appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Orderref:736
4.7.1840 Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the BathTKE1
1847 Received the Naval General Service Medal with a clasp for an action with a French fleet and the capture of 2 sail of the line whilst serving on Saint George on 1795/03/14ADM 171/8
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Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 18th of July 2026 01:19

Capt Loring, of the Lark, is made Post. [Hampshire Telegraph, 1 June 1801]

Posted by Ben on Tuesday 6th of March 2012 17:54

This is not the Loring who commanded Bellerophon (and probably not Prince), that was John Loring (JWL's first cousin). JWL's entry in the DNB lists him commanding Fleche, Comet, Rattler (acting), Lark, Abergavenny (acting) and Syren, before 1803. Then the Utrecht, Aurora, Niobe (1805-13) and Impregnable. The Salvador del Mundo is therefore probably John Loring, rather than JWL.

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