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Richard Lemon Lander | |
Fourth of six children of the landlord of the Fighting Cocks (later: Dolphin) Inn. |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Event |
8 February 1804 | | Born (Truro). |
1817 | 1818 | Servant to merchant in West Indies. |
1823 | 1824 | Servant to Maj W.M.G. Colbrooke in Cape Colony. |
1825 | 1828 | Servant to Lt Hugh Clapperton on his second, fatal, expedition to West Africa, returning alone from Sokoto. |
1828 | | Weighing porter at Truro Customs House. |
9 January 1830 | | Sailed from Portsmouth, with his brother John, on own expedition to the Niger. |
19 September 1830 | | Commenced descent of Niger from Bussa by canoe. |
November 1830 | | Reached mouth of Niger. |
9 June 1831 | | Arrived at Portsmouth via Rio de Janeiro. |
1832 | | Accompanied Macgregor Laird's commercial expedition to the Niger in the steamers Quorra en Alburkah. |
February 1834 | | Died at Fernando Po from wounds received in attack by Brass River natives at Ingiamma (leaving wife and one daughter). |
Literature: (DNB; Flemming). |