Biographie
He was qualified as a Master Mariner.
Service militaire
He went to sea in the merchant service commanding a ship in 1776 in the Africa and West Indies trade.
He was appointed as a Master RN c1781.
He served in H.M.S. Queen Charlotte as Master present for the Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RN 23/06/1794. Commander RN 23/06/1795. Captain RN 02/09/1795.
He was Captain of the Channel Fleet under Earl St. Vincent.
In 1816 he was appointed as a Commissioner of the Navy to 1825. Rear-Admiral (Retired) RN 1825.
Lieux nommés
Bowen Island (BC)
Références
Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
