Admiral John Edward Walcott (1790–1868)[1] was a British naval officer[2] and politician.

[3] He was born the third son of Edmond Walcott Sympson, of Winkton, Hampshire.

He joined the Royal Navy in 1802 as a First Class volunteer on HMS Blenheim in which he sailed to the West Indies.

In 1804, He then transferred to the newly commissioned HMS Lively, which in company with Medusa, Indefatigable and Amphion captured three Spanish bullion ships and sank a fourth in the action of 5 October 1804.

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