Biography of Richard Lemon Lander

Richard Lemon Lander


Richard Lemon Lander
Fourth of six children of the landlord of the Fighting Cocks (later: Dolphin) Inn.

Date (from)	(Date to)	Event
8 February 1804		Born (Truro).
1817	1818	Servant to merchant in West Indies.
1823	1824	Servant to Maj W.M.G. Colbrooke in Cape Colony.
1825	1828	Servant to Lt Hugh Clapperton on his second, fatal, expedition to West Africa, returning alone from Sokoto.
1828		Weighing porter at Truro Customs House.
9 January 1830		Sailed from Portsmouth, with his brother John, on own expedition to the Niger.
19 September 1830		Commenced descent of Niger from Bussa by canoe.
November 1830		Reached mouth of Niger.
9 June 1831		Arrived at Portsmouth via Rio de Janeiro.
1832		Accompanied Macgregor Laird's commercial expedition to the Niger in the steamers Quorra en Alburkah.
February 1834		Died at Fernando Po from wounds received in attack by Brass River natives at Ingiamma (leaving wife and one daughter).
Literature: (DNB; Flemming).