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| Lambton Loraine R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 17 November 1838 | Born | ||
| 11 July 1852 | Succeeded as 11th Baronet Loraine of Kirke Harle,Northumberland | ||
| 13 May 1917 | Died | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 1852 | Entered Navy | ||
| 13 September 1858 | Lieutenant | ||
| 9 July 1867 | Commander | ||
| 22 January 1874 | Captain | ||
| 31 August 1885 | Retired Captain | ||
| 29 November 1889 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 5 September 1859 | Lieutenant in Algiers, commanded by George William Douglas O'Callaghan, Channel squadron | ||
| (1873) | 22 January 1874 | Commander in Niobe, North America and West Indies, including the "Virginius Affair": the capture in international waters on 31 October 1873 by Spanish forces fighting Cuban insurgents (during the "Ten-Years War", 1868-1878) and serial execution of 53 persons, including the captain, most of the crew and a number of insurgents on board the steamship Virginius. The executions were only stopped when Loraine intervened. | |
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