Lewis Warrington (United States Navy officer)

The matter of his parentage has long been confused by historians and writers, as other French officers, such Louis-François-Bertrand du Pont d'Aubevoye de Lauberdière, recorded flirtations with a number of Williamsburg's women, including Rachel Warrington and her sister Cecilia, at the same time.

His first duty, aboard the frigate Chesapeake, took him to the West Indies, where his ship cruised with a squadron during the last year of the Quasi-War with France.

When the War of 1812 with the British Empire began in June 1812, Warrington was aboard the frigate USS Congress serving as the ship's first lieutenant while she patrolled the North Atlantic.

During his tour of duty aboard Congress, she made two cruises, capturing nine British prizes off the east coast of the United States during the first and four off the Atlantic seaboard of South America during the second.

His sloop-of-war stood out of New York with the Hornet and Tom Bowline on 23 January 1815, sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, and entered the Indian Ocean.

Unaware that peace had been concluded in December 1814 at Ghent, Belgium, Warrington led his ships on another foray against British commerce.

On 30 June, he encountered the East India Company brig Nautilus in the Sunda Strait and attacked her, despite having been told that peace had been concluded.

In 1816, he commanded Macedonian briefly for a voyage to Cartagena, Spain, to convey there Christopher Hughes, the representative of the United States at negotiations over the release of some Americans imprisoned by Spanish authorities.

In February 1825, he relieved David Porter as commander of the West Indian Squadron during the latter stages of the piracy suppression campaign and thereafter bore the title, commodore.

He was buried at Congressional Cemetery at a service attended by President Millard Fillmore, members of the Cabinet, and a crowd of other dignitaries.