John Wells (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir John Wells GCB (1763 – 19 November 1841) was a Royal Navy officer of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Lancaster joined the North Sea Fleet after this and fought at the Battle of Camperdown, for which Wells received the Naval Gold Medal.

[Note 2] Lancaster was sent to join the North Sea Fleet of Admiral Adam Duncan and was caught in the Nore Mutiny while fitting out.

[12] Lancaster was at the time anchored in Long Reach, near Gravesend, but despite not being at the Nore chose to support the mutineers there by following suit on 27 May.

[15] The crew began to regret their decision to mutiny and on 6 June Wells went on board and accepted their surrender in return for a full pardon for their actions.

Lancaster fought in the starboard line of British ships and had three men killed and another eighteen wounded in the battle.

[18] Despite being criticized for his conduct during the battle, Wells received the Naval Gold Medal and participated in the procession that saw the captured Dutch ship's colours hung in St Paul's Cathedral.

[25] This was done with the wealth of his wife; Wells relied on his Royal Navy half pay in retirement and held no property before his marriage.

She died at Worthing on 30 April 1844, and the couple having no children, their wealth and estates were left to Jane's sister Elizabeth.