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WARRINGTON, Lewis, naval officer, born in Williamsburg, near Norfolk, Virginia, 3 November, 1782: died in Washington, D. C., 12 October, 1851. He was educated at William and Mary collage, and entered the navy as a midshipman, 6 January, 1800. He made his first cruise in the frigate "Chesapeake" in the West Indies to suppress piracy, and in 1803 he joined the schooner "Vixen," of Preble's squadron, during the Tripolitan war, where he served with credit, and was included in the vote of thanks by congress to Preble and his officers. He was promoted to acting lieutenant on the station, and transferred to the brig "Siren" in 1805, and to the "Enterprise" in 1806-'7, in which he returned home. He was commissioned & lieutenant, 7 February, 1807, and served as executive of the brig "Siren," bearing despatches to France in 1809-'11. He served in the "Essex" and frigate "Congress" in 1811-'13, and as 1st lieutenant of the frigate " United States" from March till July, 1813. He was promoted to master-commandant, 24 July, 1813, had charge of the sloop "Peacock," and captured the British sloop" Epervier" after an engage-meat of forty-two minutes. For this victory, in which the two vessels were of the same armament, he was promoted to captain, 22 November, 1814, and received a gold medal and the thanks of congress. (See illustration.) He commanded the frigate "Macedonian," in the Mediterranean, in 1816-'18, and the frigate "Java," on the same station, in 1818-'19, returning home in the frigate "Guerriere" in 1820. He was commandant of the navy-yard at Norfolk, Virginia, in 1821-'4, and first commandant of that at Pensacola in 1826. He commanded the West India squadron in 1824-'6, was a member of the board of navy commissioners in 1827-'31, again commandant of the Norfolk navy-yard in 1832-'9, member of the board of commissioners a second time in 1840, and president of the board in 1841. After the new organization of the navy department he was chief of the bureau of yards and docks in 1842-'6, and of the bureau of ordnance in 1847-'51. The town that was built near the Pensacola navy-yard was named Warring-ton in his honor. Being on the government reservation, it was subject, to the naval jurisdiction of the commandant, whose duties included those of a magistrate.
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