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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ogilvie, William

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​OGILVIE. (Retired Commander, 1846. f-p., 16; h-p., 37.)
William Ogilvie entered the Navy, in July, 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tremendous 74, Capts. John Aylmer, Geo. Hopewell Stephens, and Chas. Brisbane; in which ship he continued employed in the Channel and at the Cape of Good Hope, part of the time as Midshipman under the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Pringle, until his return with that officer to England in the Crescent frigate in 1798. After serving three years in the North Sea and Baltic on board the St. George 98, Capts. John Holloway, Sampson Edwards, and Thos. Masterman Hardy, flag-ship latterly of Lord Nelson, and participating in the attack upon the Danish line of defence before Copenhagen, he was made Lieutenant, 27 June, 1801, into the Russel 74, Capt. Wm. Cuming, with whom he proceeded off Cadiz. He left the Russel in Nov. 1801, and was afterwards appointed – 11 June, 1803, to the Windsor Castle 98, Capts. Albemarle Bertie, Thos. Wells, Davidge Gould, and Chas. Boyles, stationed in the Channel – about July, 1805, to the Sampson 64, employed at first in South America and then at the Cape of Good Hope, whence he returned in May, 1806 – 21 May, 1807, to the Banterer 22, Capt. Alex. Shiphard, under whom he was wrecked in the river St. Lawrence 29 Oct. 1808, suffering on the occasion many hardships – and, 29 April, 1809, to the Venerable 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, in which ship he accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren, and served in the Channel until March, 1812. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 11 Aug. 1832; and on the Senior, 9 March, 1846. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oldmixon, George

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​OLDMIXON. (Commander, 1847. f-p., 13; h-p., 26.)
George Oldmixon is son of the late Sir John Oldmixon, and brother of Lieuts. John William and William Henry Oldmixon, R.N. A third brother, Edward, having fought and bled on the Canadian lakes without reward, entered the service of the United States.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 June, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Bellona 74, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, with whom he continued to serve, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the same ship and in the Prince of Wales 98, on the Halifax, Home, and Mediterranean stations, until July, 1814. In the Bellona he witnessed Lord Cochrane’s destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, and was present at the siege of Flushing in 1809; and, when in the Prince of Wales, he served on shore at the reduction of Genoa in April, 1814. After cruizing six months in the Channel on board the Hope 10, Capt. Henry Fyge Jauncey, he sailed for Jamaica as a Supernumerary in the Warrior 74, bearing the flag of his former Captain, then Rear-Admiral Douglas. He was promoted, on his arrival, to a Lieutenancy, 1 June, 1815, in the Tanais 38, Capt. Joseph James, in which frigate he remained until June, 1816; and he was subsequently appointed – 10 Nov. 1842, to the command of the Megaera steamer, which vessel he unfortunately lost off Port Royal, Jamaica, in March, 1843 – 12 Jan. 1844, as Senior, to the Hecate steam-sloop, Capts. Jas. Paterson Bower and Joseph West, employed at first on particular service, and next on the coast of Africa – and 11 June, 1846, to the acting command of the Flying Fish sloop, on the station last mentioned. He was advanced to his present rank soon after his return to England, 27 Sept. 1847.
Commander Oldmixon is married to a sister of Sir Wm. Scott, Bart., of Ancrum, Roxburghshire. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oldmixon, John William

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​OLDMIXON. (Lieut, 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
John William Oldmixon was born in 1788. He is eldest brother of Commander Geo. Oldmixon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1803, as Ordinary, on board the Phaeton 38, Capts. Geo. Cookburn, John Wood, Pownoll Bastard Pellew, and Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. In that ship, after escorting Mr. Merry, the British Minister Plenipotentiary, to the United States, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the blockade of the Isle of France, where he came into frequent collision with the enemy’s batteries. He was subsequently absent for a whole month in a prize, which, after braving many dangers, was wrecked on the coast of China; and while detached for a short period in the Harrier sloop, Capt. Edw. Ratsey, he aided in forcing the batteries at the Boca Tigris. During the operations which led to the reduction of Java we find him present at the storming of the fortress of Samanap, and mentioned as an “intelligent young officer.” On 10 Oct. 1811, a few days after his removal to the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton, he was nominated Acting First-Lieutenant of the Hecate 18, Capt. Hon. Henry John Peachey; to which vessel he was confirmed 11 Feb. 1812. In the following Aug. he invalided home on board the Modeste 36, Capt. Jas. Coutts Crawford; and he was next, from Aug. 1813 until July, 1816, employed on the Home, West India, and Mediterranean stations, in the Leviathan 74, Capts. Patrick Campbell, Adam Drummond, and Thos. Briggs. Although constant in his applications, he has not been able to procure any further appointment.
The Lieutenant married, in 1830, Anne, daughter of Mr. Barrington and Lady Mary Price. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ogle, Graham

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​OGLE. (Commander, 1846.)
Graham Ogle, born 27 Sept. 1814, is second son of the Rev. Jas. Ogle, M.A., Rector of Bishop’s Waltham, and Vicar of Crondall, by Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Edm. Poulter, Prebendary of Winchester. He is nephew of Admiral Sir Chas. Ogle, Bart.; and brother-in-law of the Marquis Gentili, of Naples. His youngest brother, Edmund, is in the Royal Engineers.
This officer entered the Navy 28 May, 1827; passed his examination in 1834; and obtained his first commission 6 Sept. 1838. His succeeding appointments were – 26 Jan. 1839, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford in the Mediterranean – 9 March, 1840, to the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, by whom, prior to witnessing the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, he was highly lauded for the bravery he evinced in partial command of the boats in a successful attempt made, 2 Oct., to remove a quantity of powder from the castle of Beyrout – 22 Sept. 1841 (soon after the latter ship had been paid off) to the Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, fitting for the East Indies – and, 11 April, 1844, to the command, on that station, of the Royalist brig. He attained his present rank 8 June, 1846; and since 15 Jan. 1847 has been officiating as Second-Captain of the St. Vincent 120 and Victory 100, flag-ships at Portsmouth of his uncle Sir Chas. Ogle.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oke, William Walter

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​OKE. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
William Walter Oke entered the Navy 2 April, 1808; passed his examination in 1814; obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1825; and from 10 Oct. in that year until, we believe, 1827, was employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He has been in command, since 3 May, 1841, of the Asp steam-packet, of 50-horse power, on the Portpatrick station.
He is Senior of 1825.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ogle, Thomas

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​OGLE. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 25; h-p., 13.)
Thomas Ogleentered the Navy 25 Jan. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, to whom, on removing to the Royal Oak 74, he officiated as Aide-de-Camp during the operations connected with the Walcheren expedition. With the exception of a few weeks passed in the early part of 1812 in the Hannibal 74, also commanded by Lord Beauclerk, he continued to serve with that nobleman and the late Sir Pulteney Malcolm in the Royal Oak until June, 1815. He was often in consequence detached against the enemy on the coast of France, and was ​constantly employed in a tender from the capture of Washington until the attack on New Orleans. In Sept. 1815, at which period he was serving at Portsmouth on board the Brune troop-ship, Capt. Wm. Stanhope Badcock, he was nominated Admiralty Midshipman of the Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, on the Leith station; and, on 25 July, 1816, while filling the same rank at St. Helena in the Newcastle 50, flag-ship of Sir P. Malcolm, he received an order to act as Lieutenant of the Julia 14, Capt. Jenkin Jones. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 20 Aug. 1817, a few weeks after he had rejoined the Newcastle; and subsequently appointed – in Dec. 1821, to the Active 46, Capts. Andrew King and Hon. Robt. Rodney, engaged on particular service – 18 Oct. 1824, to the Ocean 80, bearing the flag of Lord A. Beauclerk in the Tagus – and, 9 Jan. 1827, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren, on the same station. Being re-appointed to the last-mentioned ship on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 26 May, 1828, he continued in her, as Second-Captain, until 1830. We next find him employed – from 6 Aug. 1831 until Dec. 1834, in the Isis 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren at the Cape of Good Hope – from 21 March, 1836, until April, 1837, in the Cornwallis 74, Capts. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing and Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, on the Lisbon station – and, from 31 Aug. 1837 until June, 1839 (during which period he was advanced, 28 June, 1838, to Post-rank), in the President 52, flagship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross in the Pacific. His last appointment was, 11 Oct. 1841, to the Southampton 50, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. Durnford King, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope. While in that ship, in which he remained until Dec. 1842, he forced the entrance into Port Natal, and, by landing a body of troops, rescued a detachment surrounded at the time by a host of hostile tribes.
Capt. Ogle is a Knight of the Brazilian order of the Southern Cross. He married Mary, eldest daughter of John Garth, Esq., of Preston, Lancashire, by whom he has issue one son and two daughters. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Okes, Charles

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​OKES, K.W. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.)
Charles Okes entered the Navy, 17 Oct. 1800 as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince George 98, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Channel, ​where he served until April, 1802. In the following Aug. he joined the Ranger, Capt. Chas. Coote, lying at Deptford; and he was next, for nearly four years, employed in the Mediterranean and West Indies, off Cadiz, and in the Downs, as Midshipman, in the Seahorse 38, Capts. Hon. Courtenay Boyle, Robt. Corbet, and John Stewart, and Defence 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins. He was then, 18 Feb. 1807, promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Indefatigable 46, Capts. John Tremayne Rodd, Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, and John Broughton, in which frigate he was for three years and a half chiefly stationed off Bordeaux and the north coast of Spain. He subsequently, from 3 Aug. 1810 until 25 Feb. 1811, had command of a gun-boat attached to the division under the present Sir Thos. Fellowes at the defence of Cadiz; where he was next for 15 months attached to the St. Albans 64, Capts. Edw. Bruce, Chas. Grant, and John Ferris Devonshire. His last appointment afloat was, 8 Aug. 1812, to the San Domingo 74, flag-ship in North America of Sir John Borlase Warren, with whom he continued until 3 June, 1814.
Lieut. Okes has for many years formed one of the Naval Knights of Windsor, of which respectable body he is now Governor.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Halsted, Lawrence George

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​HALSTED. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 11; h-p., 1.)
Lawrence George Halsted died suddenly, 7 Nov. 1846, while serving, as below, on board the Spiteful,.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Sept. 1834; passed his examination in 1840; and for his performances in China, where he was mentioned in the despatches as having served on shore as Mate of the Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, at the capture of Amoy and Chinghae, was promoted, towards the close of 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated back to 8 Oct. 1841. He afterwards, from 23 Sept. 1843, until the period of his death, served in the Spiteful steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Maitland, on the East India station; where, during an expedition conducted in July, 1846, by Sir Thos. John Cochrane against the Sultan of Borneo, he commanded the pinnace, and assisted at the destruction, on 8 of that month, of the enemy’s forts and batteries in the river Brune. Agent – J. Hinxman.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 82, 396.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1846, p. 3442.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ham, William

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​HAM. (Lieutenant, 1815. h-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
William Ham entered the Navy, 8 Dec. 1806, as A.B., on board the Cuba 36, Capt. John Parish, on the Jamaica station; and in Sept. following became Midshipman of the Diomede, bearing the flag off Guernsey of Sir Jas. Saumarez; with whom, from March, 1808, until Dec. 1812, he further served in the Baltic as Master’s Mate of the Victory 104. He then, in a similar capacity, joined the Orion 74, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, from which ship, after a continued servitude of more than 12 months on the same station, he removed to the Cressy 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood. He subsequently cruized off the Western Islands and in the Mediterranean on board the Bombay 74, Capt. Henry Bazely; but since the receipt of his commission, which bears date 20 March, 1815, has been unemployed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hallowes, John

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​HALLOWES. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 21; h-p., 23.)
John Hallowes is second son of the late Col. John Hallowes, of Glapwell Hall, co. Derby.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ranger 18, Capt. Chas. Coote. That vessel being unfortunately captured by the Rochefort squadron 17 July, 1805, he was sent a prisoner to Verdun, and there detained for a period of nearly five years and a half. On his release in Dec. 1810, he joined the Helder 36, Capt. John Serrell, stationed in the Baltic, where, on 10 July, 1811, we find him serving in a boat with the present Lieut. Wm. Henry Dixon at the cutting ​out of four Danish vessels from under the protection of a 6-gun battery and two gun-boats in Kioge Bay. In May, 1813, after a brief attachment to the Ceres 32, flag-ship at Chatham of Rear-Admiral Thos. Surridge, Mr. Hallowes was invested with the command of No. 5 gun-boat, in which he cooperated with Capt. Arthur Farquhar in an attack made on 30 Nov. following upon the strong batteries that defended Cuxhaven, and in the ensuing and very arduous siege of Glückstadt. Being promoted for the latter service, by commission dated Jan. 1814, he was subsequently appointed, in the capacity of Lieutenant – 28 March, 1814, to the Pincher brig, Capt. Jas. Wallis, in the Downs – 7 April, 1815, to the Redpole 10, Capt. Edm. Denman, employed off the coasts of France and Holland – 2 June, 1815, to the command, for a short period, of No. 25 gun-boat, again in the Downs – Nov. 1822, to the Dolphin Revenue-cutter, of which he retained command until 1826 – and 25 Sept. 1830, 4 April, 1833, and 21 Aug. 1834, as Senior, to the Wellesley 74, Serpent 16, and Malabar 74, Capts. Sam. Campbell Rowley, John Chas. Symonds, and Sir Wm. Augustus Montagu, on the Home, Lisbon, West India, and Mediterranean stations. He was promoted from the latter ship to the rank of Commander 10 Jan. 1837; and afterwards employed as Second-Captain, from 4 Dec. 1841 until the receipt of his Post-commission, bearing date 5 Dec. 1842, of the St. Vincent 120, flagship at Portsmouth of Sir Edw. Codrington. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Hallowes married Margaret, only daughter of the late Col. Nich. Ramsay, by whom he has issue seven sons and two daughters. Agent – John P. Muspratt.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Halsted, George Anthony

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​HALSTED. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 19; h-p., 12.)
George Anthony Halsted is son of the late Capt. Geo. Halsted, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 March, 1816, and embarked, 18 Feb. 1819, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Révolutionnaire 46, Capt. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew. After serving for five years on the Mediterranean station in that frigate, and in the Rose sloop, Capt. Thos. Ball Clowes, and Rochfort 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, he sailed for the West Indies in the Rattlesnake 28, Capt. Hugh Patton, and was there promoted to a Lieutenancy, 25 Feb. 1824, in the Icarus 10, Capt. John Geo. Graham. On 24 Dec. 1825, having been further employed in the Serapis schooner, and Hussar and Dartmouth frigates, Capts. Jackson, Geo. Harris, and Henry Dundas, he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the Isis 50, to his uncle, Sir L. W. Halsted, then Commander-in-Chief on the same station. He was in consequence advanced to his present rank by commission dated 13 June, 1827. With the exception of some months in 1837-8, and again in 1843-4, he has been employed in the Coast Guard ever since 18 March, 1834. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Halsted, George

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​HALSTED. (Retired Captain, 1840. f-p., 14; h-p., 44.)
George Halsted died 25 March, 1846. He was brother of Admiral Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, G.C.B.; and uncle of Capt. E. P. Halsted, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1788, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, Capt. Sir Roger Curtis, on the Home station, where, and for a short time in the West Indies, he afterwards, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 27 May, 1796, served, in the Wasp, Capt. J. K. Mosse, Magnificent 74, Capt. Rich. Onslow, Edgar 74, Capt. J. A. P. Molloy, Beaulieu and Andromeda frigates, both commanded by Capt. Lord Northesk, Theseus 74, Capt. Robt. Calder, and London and Queen Charlotte, flag-ships of Sir John Colpoys and Earl Howe. He then joined, for a few weeks, the Plover sloop, Capt. John Chesshyre, lying at Sheerness; was next, from 28 Juhe, 1796, until the spring of 1800, employed in the Channel and Mediterranean on board the Phoenix 36, commanded by his brother, Capt. L. W. Halsted; and served lastly, from May in the latter year until 1801, and from 4 Feb. 1807 until advanced to the rank of Commander 21 Jan. 1809, in the Alkmaar and Royal William, bearing the flags on the Mediterranean and Home stations of Admirals John Holloway and Geo. Montagu. He was superannuated with the rank of Captain 10 Sept. 1840.
​Capt. Halsted has left a son, the present Commander Geo. Anthony Halsted, R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hallowes, Thomas

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​HALLOWES. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Hallowes entered the Navy, 8 Jan. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capt. Robt. Jackson, bearing the flag in the Downs of Lord Keith; and while next attached, from May in the same year until Jan. 1814, to the Resistance 38, and Invincible 74, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Adam, was very actively employed, particularly in co-operating with the patriots on the coast of Spain, where, in 1811-12-13, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the defence of Tarragona, the reduction of the town of Almeria, and the capture of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer. He afterwards served for short periods, on the Home station, in the Dublin 74, Capt. Thos. Elphinstone, and Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of Lord Keith; and on 3 Aug. 1815 was advanced to his present rank. He has not been since employed. Agent – John P. Muspratt.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hallyburton, John Frederick Gordon

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​HALLYBURTON, formerly Gordon, G.C.H., M.P. (Captain, 1836.)
The Right Honourable Lord John Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, born 15 Aug. 1799, is third son of the Marquess of Huntley, by Catharine, daughter of Sir Chas. Cope, Bart.; brother of Lords Cecil and Fras. Arthur Gordon, of the Army; and nephew of the late Dukes of Richmond, Manchester, and Bedford, as also of the second Marquess Cornwallis. He assumed the name of Hallyburton in 1843.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indus 74, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, under whom, on proceeding to the Mediterranean, he witnessed, as Midshipman, Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial action with the Toulon fleet, 13 Feb. 1814. During the seven following years we find him successively employed, on the Home, South American and again on the Mediterranean station, in the Eurotas 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lillicrap, Curaçoa 36, Capt. John Tower, Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt. Preston, Amphion 32, Commodore Wm. Bowles, and Larne sloop, Capts. Henry Forbes and Robt. Tait. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 13 Dec. 1821, in the Rochfort 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Graham Moore; rose to the rank of Commander 6 Aug. 1828; paid off the Pandora sloop, on his return from the East Indies, in Feb. 1830; and acquired the rank he now holds 4 Aug. 1836. He has not since been afloat.
His Lordship, who is M.P. for Forfar, was nominated a G.C.H. 22 Aug. 1836. He married, 24 Aug. 1836, Lady Augusta Kennedy Erskine, relict of the Hon. John Kennedy Erskine, and sister of Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, Captain R.N. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hambly, Thomas Tocker

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​HAMBLY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Thomas Tocker Hambly passed his examination 2 Sept. 1844; became Mate, 17 April, 1345, of the Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, stationed on the south-east coast of America; and attained the rank of Lieutenant 9 Nov. 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Halsted, Edward Pellew

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​HALSTED. (Capt., 1842. f-p., .19; h-p., 7.)
Edward Pellew Halsted is son, we believe, of the late Admiral Sir Lawrence Wm. Halsted, G.C.B., by Emma Mary, eldest daughter of the first Lord Exmouth, and sister of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir F. B. R. Pellew, Kt., K.C.H. The late Capt. Geo. Halsted, R.N., was his uncle.
This officer entered the Navy 1 March, 1821; passed his examination in 1828; and obtained his first commission 28 Jan. 1829. He was subsequently appointed – 15 Oct. 1829, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. Sam. Radford, on the Irish station – and 28 Jan. and 25 Feb. 1831, and 26 March, 1834, to the Asia 84, St. Vincent 120, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships in the Mediterranean of Hon. Sir Henry Hotham and Sir Josias Rowley. He was promoted to the rank of Commander 6 Dec. 1836; and from 8 April, 1839, until the close of 1842, was next employed, on board the Childers 16, in the East Indies, and also in China, where he served in the Yang-tse-Kiang during the operations against the city of Chin-Kiang-Foo 21 July, 1842. He then went on half-pay, having been advanced to his present rank on 15 of the preceding April; and has not since been afloat. Agent – J. Hinxman.
* ↑ Sir L. W. Halsted (whose father, Capt. W. A. Halsted, R.N., died about 1778) was born 2 April, 1764, and entered the Navy in 1776. He served as midshipman of the St. Albans 64, in Admiral Harrington’s two actions with the Comte d’Estaing; was in the same ship at the reduction of Ste. Lucie; fought in the Bellona 74, at the capture, 30 Dec. 1780, of the Dutch 54-gun ship Princess Caroline; and officiated as third Lieutenant of the Canada in Rodney’s actions, 9 and 12 April, 1782. On 12 May, 1796, he commanded the Phoenix, of 44 guns and 271 men, at the taking of the Dutch frigate Argo, of 36 suns and 237 men; and he was afterwards presented with a medal for his conduct as Captain of the Namur 74, in Sir Richard Strachan’s action 4 Not. 1805. From 1834 until 1827 he commanded in chief on the Jamaica station. At the period of his death, which took place 22 April, 1841, he was an Admiral of the White, and in the receipt of the Good-Service pension.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3404.