Lord Eldon (1824 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Lord Eldon (ship).

Lord Eldon was launched at Sunderland in 1824. She appeared in LR in 1828 with M.Cooper, master, J. Noble, owner, and trade Liverpool–Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

History
United Kingdom
Name	Lord Eldon
Namesake	John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
Owner	J. Noble[1]
Builder	Sunderland[1]
Launched	1824[1]
Fate	Burnt 1828
General characteristics
Tons burthen	227[1] (bm)

On 20 August 1828 Lord Eldon and the American ship Huzzar were approaching Buenos Aires under escort by an Argentinian privateer. (It is possible that both were prizes to the privateer.) The three vessels encountered a Brazilian naval squadron that was blockading Buenos Aires during the Cisplatine War. The Brazilians captured all three vessels and burnt the two merchantmen.^[2][3]