Servicio militar
He was appointed as a First Class Volunteer RN (With seniority dated 05/06/1810).
He served in H.M.S. Temeraire 1810.
He served in H.M.S. Royal George 1811.
He was appointed as a Midshipman RN and Master's Mate in 1812.
He served in H.M.S. Higle 1812.
He participated in several boat actions and was present at the fall of Genoa.
He served in H.M.S. Semiramis.
He served in H.M.S. Eurotas to 1817.
He served in H.M.S. Forth and H.M.S. Sir Francis Drake.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RN.
He served in H.M.S. Trinculo 1823.
He served in H.M.S. Alacrity 1826.
He was wounded while boarding a pirate vessel and promoted for gallantry.
He was appointed as a Commander RN 06/05/1829).
He spent eight years on half-pay.
He was the Inspector of the Coast Guard 1837.
He served in H.M.S. Apollo (In command) 1841.
He was present for the Fisrt Chinese War and the taking of Chin-kiang and Nanking. Captain RN 23/12/1842).
He served in H.M.S. Amphitrite (In command) on Pacific Station 1850, He engaged in the search for Sir John Franklin in 1852. While Captain of H.M.S. Amphitrite operating as a private ship he assumed the role of Commodore of the Squadron on the death of Admiral Price at Petropavlovsk until the arrival of a new Commander-in-Chief. Commodore RN 1855.
He exchanged with Captain R. Burridge in H.M.S. President which he brought home and paid off 05/1857.
He was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1859.
He was appointed as a Rear-Admiral RN on 20/05/1862.
He was appointed as a Vice-Admiral RN on 18/10/1867.
He retired on 18/03/1869.
He was appointed as a Admiral (Retired List) RN on 30/07/1875.
Lugares nombrados
Mount Frederick (BC)
Referencias
- Longstaff, F.V. (1941)
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- Struzik, Edward (1991)
