Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Lawford akabhabhatidzwa musi wa 3 July 1757 muPortsea, mwanakomana wedangwe waJohn Lawford weGosport naSarah Gover wePortsea. Akapinda muuto rehondo achiri muduku. Akashumira muhondo neAmerica, uye akanga ari tenzi wokutanga ari mungarava ine pfuti 90 pa
Hondo yeSaintes. Muna October 1788 akatuma brig uye akarirayira kwemakore maviri akatevera. Lawford ipapo akatora murairo we 16-gun sloop munguva yeSpain Armament uye yakatanga kuiswa muChirungu Channel, vasati vaenda kuJamaica musi wa22 Gumiguru 1790, kwaakapedza makore maviri anotevera. Akakwidziridzwa kuva post-kaputeni pakatanga hondo neFrance muna 1793, uye akatora kuraira kwechangobva kutorwa 36-gun. Akafamba semuperekedzi wechitima kuenda kuBritain musi wa5 Kukadzi gore rakatevera, asi kutungamira kwake kwakapfupika sezvo "Convert" yakaparara mazuva matatu gare gare pane reef kure neEast End yeGrand Cayman; iyo yakaparara yakazonzi Wreck of the Ten Sail. Nepo dare rehondo rakamhan'arirwa somugumisiro wekuputsika kwechikepe, Lawford akaregererwa uye chiitiko chacho hachina kukanganisa basa rake. Lawford akaramba ari mubasa reRoyal Navy uye muna January 1798 akatora murairo we64-gun. Nguva yake ari muchikepe chake yakanga iri pfupi, uye muna March akachipa kuna Kaputeni John Bligh ndokutora kutonga kwechikepe chekare chaBligh, 50-gun.