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Sir Willoughby Thomas Lake KCB (8 January 1773 – 18 February 1847) was a

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officer who went on to be

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Naval career

Born the son of Sir James Winter Lake, 3rd Baronet and Joyce Crowther, Lake joined the

around 1790. By 1795 he was in command of the sloop HMS ''Rattler''. He was promoted to

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in 1796. In April 1803 he took command of . In her he captured four privateers before leaving her in June 1806 for HMS ''Gibraltar'', the ship in which, in 1807, he chased

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's brother along the French coast. He also commanded during an attack on Santander in 1812. He went on to be

in 1824 and was promoted to Admiral of the White in 1842.

Family

In 1795 he married Charlotte MacBride, daughter of

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; they had one daughter.

Naval career

Family

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