Earl of Lonsdale first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1810 with Craik, master, Stitt & Co., owners, and trade Whithaven–West Indies.

On 26 July she sailed from Negril as part of a convoy bound for London and escort by HMS Asia.

On 31 December 1813, Earl of Lonsdale, Fotheringham, master, Faith & Co., owners, sailed from London to Batavia under a license from the EIC.

[6] Earl of Lonsdale, Fotheringham, master, sailed from Deal on 22 May 1815, bound for Jamaica.

Earl of Lonsdale, Fotheringham, master, was driven ashore on 17 October 1815 in a hurricane at Annotto Bay.