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Commodore Lewis Warrington (3 November 1782 – 12 October 1851) was a United States Navy officer who saw action during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812 and temporarily served as the secretary of the Navy.
Lewis Warrington was a naval hero of the War of 1812 who captured the British brig Epervier without losing a single member of his crew.
Captain Warrington returned home and received orders to duty at the Norfolk Navy Yard. In February 1825, he relieved David Porter as commander of the West Indian Squadron during the latter stages of the piracy suppression campaign and thereafter bore the title, Commodore.
Lewis Warrington was born in Williamsburgh, Virginia, November 3, 1782. He entered the navy as a midshipmanin 1800, and served under Commodore Preble in the Tripolitan campaign; was lieutenant, 1807; and master-commandant, 1813.
His first duty in the War of 1812 was performed as first lieutenant of the Congress, one of the ships of the squadron of Commodore John Rodgers. Soon after his promotion to the rank of master commandant, July 1813, he took command of the sloop of war Peacock.
In February 1825, he relieved David Porter as commander of the West Indian Squadron during the latter stages of the piracy suppression campaign and thereafter bore the title, commodore. In 1826, Warrington returned home and served ashore for the remainder of his career.
Oct 27, 2018 · Lewis Warrington is the son of Rachel Warrington and potentially fathered by Louis François Bertrand Dupont d’Aubevoye, Comte de Lauberdière, though this is unsubstantiated at this time. It is known that he was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, and became a midshipman in the Navy on 6 January 1800.
