John Pakenham
The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Male
Birth:
1743
Death:
1807(Lowestoft)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Vice-Admiral John Pakenham (1743-1807) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
Naval career
Promoted to post captain in 1780, Pakenham briefly served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1785 before going on to command the third-rate HMS Gibraltar in 1796 and the third-rate HMS Ajax in July 1798 in the Channel. Promoted to rear-admiral in 1799 and to vice-admiral in 1804, he died at Lowestoft in Suffolk in 1807.