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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Giffard, Henry Wells

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​GIFFARD. (Captain, 1841. b-p., 17; h-p., 6.)
Henry Wells Giffard is son of Admiral Giffard.
This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1824; passed his examination in 1830; obtained his first commission 4 March, 1831; and, on 14 May, 1833, and 26 Sept. 1837, was appointed to the Volage 28, Capts. Geo. Bohun Martin and Peter Richards, and Hyacinth 18, Capt. Wm. Warren. In those ships he was successively employed on the Mediterranean and East India stations, chiefly in the capacity of Senior Lieutenant, until some months after his promotion to the rank of Commander, which took place 22 Feb. 1838. Being appointed, on 10 May, 1839, to the Cruizer 16, Capt. Giffiard, in 1840, accompanied the expedition to China, and in the course of the same year was present, with great zeal and alacrity, at the capture of Chusan, and also at the blockade of Ningpo. On his return with Sir Hugh Gough, after having been sent with despatches to Calcutta, we find him, on 13 March, 1841, ably supporting Capt. Herbert at the capture of the last fort protecting the approaches to Canton; and in the following May, the period of the second ​capture of that city, again eliciting the best thanks of the same officer for his conduct at the destruction of the whole line of defences extending about two miles from the British factory. On 8 June, 1841, Capt. Giffard was in consequence rewarded with a Post-commission. Continuing, howeyer, to serve in the Cruizer, he was further present in her in the ensuing operations of Aug. and Oct. against Amoy, Chusan, and Chinghae. At each of those places he was entrusted with the debarkation of the troops; and when at Amoy he was attached to the army during the whole period of its stay. In the performance of the duties which were thus imposed upon him Capt. Giffiird was quite indefatigable, and acquitted himself as much to the satisfaction of Sir Wm. Parker, the Naval Commander-in-Chief, as of the General. On every opportunity, indeed, his ardour and activity were eminently displayed. He left the Cruizer in the early part of 1842; and, since 13 Oct. 1846, has been in command of the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the coast of Africa.
Capt. Giffard married, 19 March, 1846, Ella Amelia, fourth daughter of the late Major-General Sir Benj. C. Stevenson, G.C.H., and niece of the Rev. Sir Henry Rivers, Bart. Agent – J. Hinxman.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2991.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503-4, 2506.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 82, 383, 385, 388, 393-5-6.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Giles, William

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​GILES. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p.,)
William Giles was born 22 Sept. 1787. This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1805, as Midshipman, On board the Princess Royal 98, Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds; on removing from which ship to the Inflexible 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, he attended the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807, served on shore with the naval brigade throughout the whole of the siege, and subsequently assisted in fitting out the Danish shipping. After serving for some months as Master’s Mate, on the Home station, of the Vulture 18 and Hope 10, both commanded by Capt. Joseph Pearce, he rejoined Capt. Watson on board the Alfred 74, in time to unite in the operations of 1809 against the island of Walcheren, where he commanded a magazine-boat. During his continuance in the Alfred, Mr. Giles further served with the ​brigade of seamen attached to the army at the reduction of the islands of Guadeloupe, St. Martin’s, and St. Eustatius – was employed for four months with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz, during which he appears to have been engaged upwards of forty times with the enemy’s batteries and forces, and to have received two flesh-wounds in the right leg – and assisted in removing the dead and wounded after the battle of Barrosa. In April, 1811, he removed with Capt. Watson to the Implacable 74, attached to the fleet off Toulon, and during the last two years of the war he served in the Impétueux, Stately, and Rodney, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin, on the Lisbon station. Having passed his examination 19 June, 1811, he was at length promoted to his present rank by commission dated 3 Feb. 1815; since which period he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Giles married first, 25 Nov. 1817, Sarah, daughter of Thos. Rosewell, Esq., of Emsworth, co. Hants; and, secondly, 13 April, 1843, Sarah, daughter of Mr. John Rogers, of Everton, near Lymington, in the same county. He has issue by both marriages.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Giffard, John

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​GIFFARD. (Admiral of the White, 1841. f-p., 34; h-p., 33.)
John Giffard entered the Navy, 25 April, 1780, as a Boy, on board the Canada 74, Capts. Sir Geo. Collier and Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; and while in that ship was present, as Midshipman, at the relief of Gibraltar in 1781, the ensuing capture of the Spanish frigate Leocadia, of 36 guns, also in Sir Sam. Hood’s action off St. Kitt’s, and in Rodney’s actions with the Comte de Grasse, 9 and 12 April, 1782. He next joined in succession the Dragon 74, Capt. Lee, Ardent 64, Capt. Henry Harwood, Trimmer sloop, Capt. Chas. Tyler, Victory 100, flag-ship of Lord Howe, and Crown 64, bearing the broad pendant in the East Indies of Commodore Hon. Wm. Cornwallis, by whom he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 20 Oct. 1790, in the Vestal 28, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, and afterwards removed to the Crown and Minerva. Mr. Giffard, whose proximate appointments were, 14 Nov. 1793, and 12 July, 1794, to the Theseus 74, Capt. Robt. Calder, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Earl Howe, was advanced, after participating under Sir Andw. Snape Douglas in Lord Bridport’s action, to the command, 1 Feb. 1796, of the Raven sloop, for his conduct in which vessel, in safely escorting a large convoy into Lisbon, he received the thanks of the Board of Admiralty. Being made Post by Sir John Jervis into La Mignonne, of 32 guns, 19 Oct. 1796, Capt. Giffard, we find, was subsequently appointed – 29 Dec. 1796, to La Mahonesa 40, off Lisbon and Cadiz – 23 Sept. 1800, to the Active 38, off Cherbourg, where he took, 26 Jan. 1801, Le Quinola privateer, of 14 guns and 48 men – 23 Feb. 1801, to the Magnificent 74, in which ship he was the instrument, early in the month of April, 1802, of suppressing a dangerous insurrection of the 8th West India Regt., then in garrison at Fort Shirley, Dominica – 23 April, 1803, to the Prince of Wales 98, lying at Portsmouth – 7 June, 1803, to the Dryad 36, on the Cork station, whither he conveyed Lord Gardner – 8 Oct. 1805, to L’Athénienne 64, in which ship he assisted at the defence of Gaeta – and, 27 Sept. 1806, to the Zealous 74, on the Mediterranean station. From 23 March, 1807, until his attainment of Flag-rank, 12 Aug. 1819, Capt. Giffard was next employed as Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. He became a Vice-Admiral 22 July, 1830, and a full Admiral 23 Nov. 1841.
Admiral Giffard married, 20 Nov. 1802, a daughter of the late Sir John Carter, Kt., of Portsmouth, and has, with other issue, a son, the present Capt. Henry Wells Giffard, R.N., and a daughter, married to Capt. Geo. Evans, R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Giles, Henry John

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​GILES. (Lieutenant 1841.)
Henry John Giles entered the Navy 2 April, 1824; served as Midshipman of the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; passed his examination 2 Feb. 1831; served as Mate, latterly, of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Graham Moore; and obtained his commission 14 Dec. 1841. He was reappointed, 18 Oct. 1842, to the Caledonia 120, then flag-ship of Sir David Milne. He has not been employed since 1844.
He married, 14 March, 1844, Mary, only daughter of the late Mr. T. Webb, of Darley, near Liskeard, Cornwall.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gibson, Paul Wellington

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​GIBSON. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Paul Wellington Gibson died in 1846.
This officer passed his examination 1 June, 1836; and, during the last three or four years of his Mateship, served on board the Thunderer 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, and Helena 16, Capt. Cornwallis Ricketts. He acquired the rank of Lieutenant 17 Feb. 1844; joined, 1 March following, the Winchester 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Hon. Josceline Percy; and, from 8 July, 1845, until the period of his death, served there on board the Cleopatra 26, Capt. Christopher Wyvill.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Field, John Bousquet

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​FIELD. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
John Bousquet Field passed his examination 19 Sept. 1839; and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Jan. 1846, served on the African and South American stations, in the Cygnet 10, Capt. Edm. Wilson, Daphne 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore John Brett Purvis, Seaflower cutter, Capt. Justus Peter Roepel, and Kingfisher 12, Capt. Chas. Foreman Brown. He was then for a short time appointed Additional-Lieutenant of the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa; and since 11 March, 1847, has been similarly borne on the books of the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker, Commander-in-Chief on the Mediterranean station.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Finlayson, John

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​FINLAYSON. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 16; h-p., 33.)
John Finlayson, born 21 Nov. 1786, is of Scotch extraction.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the St. George 98, Capt. John Holloway, bearing the flags afterwards of Lord Nelson and Sir Chas. Morice Pole, of which ship he was Signal-Midshipman in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801. During that memorable conflict he went on board the Elephant and other ships of the fleet, and eventually took possession of the Holstein, a captured 64. In April, 1803, having been unemployed, except in the merchant service, for a period of 16 months, he re-embarked, as Master’s Mate, on board the Topaze 36, Capts. Willoughby Thos. Lake and Anselm John Griffiths, with whom, successively, he continued on the Irish station until March, 1807, when he sailed for the West Indies in the Daedalus 32, Capt. Fred. Warren, where, after an intermediate attachment to the Northumberland and Belleisle 74’s, bearing each the flag of Sir Alex. Cochrane, he became Acting-Lieutenant, in Nov. 1807, of the Ulysses 44, Capts. Christopher John Williams Nesham and Wm. Maude. While in the latter ship, his appointment to which received official sanction 9 April, 1808, Mr. Finlayson landed as second in command of a detachment of seamen and marines under Lieut. Gore, and, after storming a strong battery, the guns of which (16 24-pounders) he destroyed, sustained, on his way back to the boats, several assaults from the enemy’s troops, and received a musket-ball in the left leg. He also, in March, 1808, assisted at the capture of Marie-galante, and, when that island was ​subsequently attacked by the French, he co-operated in its defence, in the capacity of Adjutant and Town-major; but, in the midst of the operations, he was struck by the sun, and laid up for three months with an attack of yellow fever. Removing with Capt. Maude, in Nov. 1808, into the Jason 32, Mr. Finlayson, on 22 Jan. 1809, assisted, with the Cleopatra 32, in capturing the French frigate La Topaze of 38 guns; as First-Lieutenant of which ship (afterwards named Jewel and then Alcmene) he assisted, in the course of the same and of the following year, at the reduction of Martinique, the Saintes, and Guadaloupe. His next appointments were, also as Senior-Lieutenant – 8 June, 1810, to the Papillion 18, Capt. Jas. Hay, in which vessel he saw much active service during the siege of Cadiz – and, 24 Sept. 1814, to the Myrtle 20, Capt. Arth. Batt Bingham, on the Cork station. Commander Finlayson, who had been on half-pay since 30 Nov. 1815, accepted the rank he now holds 18 Jan. 184,5.
From 1816 until 1840 he was constantly employed in the merchant service, and during the last 16 years of that period had the command of various steamers. He is married, and has issue. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Figg, William

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​FIGG. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 19; h-p., 32.)
William Figg, born 27 Aug. 1783, at Berwick-upon-Tweed, is eldest son of Capt. Jas. Figg, of the Royal Invalids, who served during the reigns of George II. and George III., was wounded at the battle of Bunker’s Hill, and died one of the oldest officers in the army. His only brother, Edward, a Lieut.-Colonel in the Royal Engineers, died in active service in Canada in 1829.
This officer entered the Navy, 8 Aug. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Plover 18, Capt. John Chesshyre, and, on removing to the Venerable 74, flag-ship of Lord Duncan, Served in the battle off Camperdown, 11 Oct. 1797. After a further attachment with the latter officer, as Midshipman, to the Kent 74, he joined the Bellona 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Boulden Thompson, under whom he received, in the action off Copenhagen, 2 April, 1801, a wound So severe as to have ever since impaired the use of his left arm. From May in the latter year, until Sept. 1805, we find him serving, on the Channel, Newfoundland, and ​Irish stations, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Brilliant 28, Capts. Philip Wodehouse and Adam Mackenzie, Camilla 20, Capts. Henry Hill and Bridges Watkinson Taylor, Courageux 74, flagship of Rear-Admiral Rich. Dacres, and Brilliant again, Capt. Robt. Barrie. In Jan. 1806, Mr. Figg became Acting-Sub-Lieutenant of the Furious gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John Debenham. Being advanced to the full rank of Lieutenant, 30 Aug. 1806, he was subsequently appointed – 3 March, 1807, to the Vulture 18, Capt. Joseph Pearce, lying at Sheerness – 24 July, 1807, as First, to the Snake 18, Capt. Thos. Young, under whom he assisted at the capture of two batteries on the coast of Finmark in 1809 – 20 Feb. 1810, to the Skylark 16, Capt. Jas. Boxer, on the Downs station – and, 22 April, 1812, to the command of the Pickle schooner, of 12 guns. In which vessel, when off Scilly, he assisted the Albacore sloop and several small craft in beating off, 18 Dec. 1812, the French 40-gun frigate La Gloire. Lieut. Figg, who during the war was repeatedly engaged on boat-service and in action with the enemy’s batteries, left the Pickle 26 Aug. 1815, and from that period remained on half-pay until the close of 1820, when he successively assumed command of the Sylvia and Griper Revenue-cutters. Since quitting the latter vessel he has not been employed. His acceptance of his present rank took place 21 April, 1840.
Commander Figg married, 23 June, 1821, and has issue five children. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Finemore, John

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​FINEMORE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 29; h-p., 14.)
John Finemore was born 19 Aug. 1789. This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, flag-ship afterwards of Admirals John Child Purvis and Sir Chas. Cotton, in which he served at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and attended, as Midshipman, the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807. From Jan. 1808, until May, 1814, he was employed on board the Hibernia 110, San Josef 110, and Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ships in the Mediterranean and Channel of Sir C. Cotton, Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, and Lord Keith. During that period he witnessed the surrender, when on board the Hibernia, of the Russian squadron in the Tagus, in Aug. 1808, and was much engaged in blockading the enemy’s ports. On leaving the Queen Charlotte, Mr. Finemore escorted a body of troops to Canada as Acting-Lieutenant of the Centaur 74, Capt. John Chambers White. He was eventually confirmed to the Philomel 18, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, 17 Feb. 1815, from which sloop, on his return from a visit to the East Indies, he was paid off 9 Dec. 1816. His appointments have since been – 3 Nov. 1825, to the Coast Blockade, in which service, with the interruption of a year and nine months in 1826-7, he continued, as Supernumerary-Licutenant of the Hyperion 42, and Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capts. Wm. Jas. Mingaye and Hugh Pigot, until Dec. 1830 – and 26 Aug. 1834, to the command of a station in the Coast Guard, a post he still holds.
He is married, and has issue. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Finlaison, William

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​FINLAISON. (Commander, 1820. f-p., 17; h-p., 26.)
William Finlaison entered the Navy, 7 Oct. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Beagle sloop, Capts. John Burn, Geo. Digby, and Fras. Newcombe, on the Mediterranean station, where, from June, 1807, until Oct. 1809, he served, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy, Cephalus 18, Capt. Edw. Harvey, and Sabine, Capt. Peter Fisher. On 7 Aug. 1807, when in the Hydra, he assisted in her boats, under Lieut. Edw. O’Brien Drury, at the cutting out, after an hour’s cannonade, of three armed vessels from the harbour of Begu, on the coast of Catalonia, although opposed by a galling fire from the shore as well as from the shipping, whose force, in the whole, consisted of 32 guns and 210 men. Proceeding to the West Indies in 1809, Mr. Finlaison there served, until Aug. 1812, on board the Dannemark 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, Orpheus 36, Capts. Robt. Preston and Hugh Pigot, Dragon 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and Forester 16, Capt. Alex. Kennedy – of which latter vessel he appears to have been confirmed a Lieutenant 8 April, 1811. He then joined the Nimrod 16, Capts. Nath. Mitchell, Vincent Newton, and Geo. Hilton, on the North American station, where he continued until Feb. 1815. Being next appointed, 4 Nov. 1819, to the Tartar frigate. Commodore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, he proceeded to the coast of Africa, and was there nominated Acting-Commander, 26 May, 1820, of the Morgiana sloop. While in that vessel, to which he was confirmed 9 Sept. 1820, he received a letter of thanks from the merchants of the English colony on the river Gambia, for the able manner in which he brought to an amicable conclusion the differences between the native chiefs and the British interests. He invalided home in 1822; was afterwards employed in the Coast Guard from 30 June, 1834, until the summer of 1837; and, during the year 1844, was Governor of Ascension and Commander of the Tortoise store-ship. He has since been unemployed. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Finucane, Henry Augustus

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​FINUCANE. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 9; h-p., 27.)
Henry Augustus Finucane entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1811, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Owen Glendower 36, Capt. Brian Hodgson; and, from Sept. following until Dec. 1814, served, latterly as Midshipman, in the Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter Parker, on the Mediterranean and North American stations. While in the last-named vessel, he appears to have been exposed, 29 May, 1812, to a fire from the batteries on Pointe Ecampebarion, during an attempt made by her to cut off a French frigate and brig from entering Toulon. Until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 30 Nov. 1820, he was afterwards employed, chiefly on the Home station, in the Eurotas 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lillicrap, Hebrus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, Rivoli 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Ogle and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Thos. Briggs, and Royal George yacht, Capt. Sir Chas. Paget. Lieut. Funicane, whose next appointment was, 2 Feb. 1841, to the Coast Guard, left that service in 1842; but for a short time in 1846 was again employed in it. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fiott, William Edward

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​FIOTT. (Lieutenant, 1810.)
William Edward Fiott entered the Navy, 27 May, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Agamemnon 64, Capt. Robt. Devereux Fancourt, under whom he bore a part in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. Removing, in 1802, to the Amphion 32, Capts. Rich. Hen. Alex. Bennett, Alex. Eraser, Thos. Masterman Hardy, and Sam. Sutton, he accompanied Lord Nelson in that frigate to the Mediterranean in 1803; after which he became Midshipman, in 1804, of the Ambuscade 32, Capt. Wm. D’Urban, and Acting-Lieutenant, in 1805, of the Montagu 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. On next joining the Téméraire 98, Capt. Elias Harvey, he shared, we believe, in the battle of Trafalgar. The remaining years of the war he passed on board the Chiffonne 36, Capt. Pat. Campbell, Prince 98, Capts. Rich. Grindall and Wm. Lechmere, Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Edw. Thornbrough, Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Bucephalus 36, Capt. Chas. Pelly, Marlborough 74, Capt. Mat. Henry Scott, Chatham 74, bearing the flag of the same officer, and Leander 50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, on the Mediterranean, North Sea, East India, Home, and American stations. The Bucephalus formed part of the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809. Lieut. Fiott, whose commission bears date 27 April, 1810, and who left the Leander in 1814, was lastly appointed, in March and Oct. 1823, to the Phaeton 46, Capt. Henry Evelyn Pitfield Sturt, and to the command of the Renegade 4 both attached to the force in the West Indies.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Field, Allen George

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​FIELD. (Lieutenant, 1809. f-p., 18; h-p., 33.)
Allen George Field entered the Navy, 14 April, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Mercury 28, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, but was discharged in consequence of ill health, 23 Sept. 1797. On 7 Sept. 1800, he re-embarked on board the Ruby 64, Capts. Solomon Ferris, Sir Edw. Berry, and Henry Hill; with the latter of whom he afterwards served as Midshipman, from March, 1803, to June, 1807, in the Camilla 20, Cerberus 32, and Agincourt 64, on the North American and Home stations. After a further servitude, with Capt. John Richards, in the Forester 18, Mr. Field, who had passed his examination 2 July, 1806, became, early in 1808, Sub-Lieutenant of the Desperate gun-brig, Lieut-Commanders Joshua Birks, Jas. Leach, and Robt. Ellary; and while in that vessel, in which he continued until promoted to his present rank, 25 March, 1809, he was frequently employed on the hazardous service of landing manifestoes and other similar documents on the coast of France. He then joined the Leyden 64, Capt. Thos. Ussher, and, after attending the expedition to the Walcheren, successively joined L’Aimable 32, and Horatio 38, both commanded by Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, in the North Sea. From 5 Jan. 1813, until 23 July, 1814, we find him employed in the Mediterranean on board the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Edw. Jas. Foote and Sir Rich. King, and also in the Union 98, Capt. Robt. Rolles, under whom he witnessed the fall of Genoa, in April, 1814. His subsequent appointments were – 29 May, 1817, to the Ister 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest, on the North Sea and Baltic stations – and, 2 June, 1820, to the command of the Royal Clarence Revenue-cutter. Since Aug. 1823, he has been on half-pay.
Lieut. Field is married.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Field, William George

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​FIELD. (Lieutenant, 1832.)
William George Field entered the Navy 3 Nov. 1819; passed his examination in 1826; and obtained his commission 30 Aug. 1832. He was afterwards appointed – 15 Aug. 1833, to the Ocean 80, Capts. Edw. Barnard and Alex. Ellice, guardship at Sheerness – and, 27 Aug. 1835, to the Howe 120, bearing the flag at the same place of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. He has been unemployed since 1836. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.