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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Innes, Robert Wintle

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​INNES. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 27; h-p., 13.)
Robert Wintle Innes is brother of the late Retired Commander Wm. John Innes, R.N. This officer entered the Navy, 21 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Favorite sloop, Capts. John Nairne and Fred. Hoffman, employed at first off the coast of Africa, and then in the West Indies, where he accompanied Capt. Hoffman into the Goelan 18. Proceeding in 1808 to the East Indies in the Cornelia frigate, Capt. Henry Folkes Edgell, he there, in 1810-11, served on shore, as Midshipman, at the taking of the Isle of France, and similarly assisted at the storming of Fort Cornells during the operations connected with the reduction of Java. He returned home in 1812 with Capt. Edgell on board the Piedmontaise 38; and on 6 Dec. 1813, after he had further served on the Home station in the Thisbe 28, Capt. Thos. Dick, and San Josef and Queen Charlotte flag-ships of Lord Keith and Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were – 22 Feb. 1814, to the Harrier 18, Capts. Andw. Pellet Green, John Forbes, and Sir Chas. Thos. Jones, employed off the Canary Islands – in 1815, to the Rifleman 18, and Pique 36, Capts. Henry Edw. Napier and Hon. Anthony Maitland – 21 Feb. 1816, to the Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. A. Maitland, under whom he fought at Algiers – in April, 1821, to the command of the Ionia colonial vessel – 13 Dec. 1827 and 2 March, 1829, to the Infernal bomb, Capts. Edm. Williams Gilbert and Brunswick Popham – and Madagascar 46, Capt. Hon. Sir Robt. Cavendish Spencer, both on the Mediterranean station – for a short time in 1832 to the Vernon 50, Capt. Sir Fras. Augustus Collier, fitting at Woolwich – and 5 March, 1836, to the command of the Pandora packet on the Falmouth station. He has been on half-pay since Jan. 1842. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Keatley, John Savell

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​KEATLEY. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
John Savell Keatley entered the Navy 4 Feb. 1812; passed his examination in 1818; and was made Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1828, into the Bustard 10, Capt. Geo. Sidney Smith, on the West India station, whence he invalided in the course of the same year. He was afterwards appointed – 27 April, 1830, to the Coaat Guard – 14 Oct. 1833, to the command of the Royal Charlotte Revenue-vessel – 5 Feb. 1836, again to the Coast Guard – 20 June, 1836, to the command of the Royal George, another Revenue-cruizer – and, 13 June, 1839, a third time to the Coast Guard. He has been on half-pay since the early part of 1841.
Lieut. Keatley is married, and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kane, Colin Campbell A.

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​KANE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Colin Campbell A. Kane entered the Navy 5 Sept. 1834; passed his examination 3 Oct. 1840; and, while Mate of the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, was employed in the operations of May, 1841, against Canton, where he landed and assisted at the destruction of the whole line of defences, extending about two miles from the British factory, and mounting in the whole 64 pieces of cannon. He assumed the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841, and was afterwards appointed – 22 Oct. 1842, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Plymouth – 14 Feb. 1843, to the Thunderer 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed on particular service – 4 May, 1843, to the Lily 16, Capt. Geo. Baker, at the Cape of Good Hope – in 1843-4, to the Cornwallis 72, and Agincourt 72, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker and Sir Thos. John Cochrane on the East India station – and, 9 June, 1845, as First, to the Osprey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, in which vessel he was wrecked on the western coast of New Zealand in March, 1846.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Katon, James Edward

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​KATON. (Commander, 1845. h-p., 21; h-p., 3.)
James Edward Katon, born 18 Nov. 1810, is only son of the late Vice-Admiral Jas. Katon.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 5 Nov. 1823; and embarked, 25 Sept. 1825, as Midshipman, on board the Pyramus 42, Capts. Robt. Gambier and Geo. Rose Sartorius. In that ship, after accompanying Mr. Morier, the British Commissioner, to Mexico, and serving for some time under the flag of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy on the Home station, he was employed in conveying troops to Malta, Gibraltar, and also to Lisbon, where we find him present at the period of Don Miguel’s first occupation of the throne. Joining next, in 1828, the Pallas 42, Capts. Chas. Howe Fremantle, Adolphus FitzClarence, Manley Hall Dixon, and Wm. Walpole, he continued attached to her on various stations until June 1834 – the last four years in the capacity of Mate. He accordingly assisted, under Capt. FitzClarence, in escorting Lord Dalhousie and the Bishop of Calcutta from Portsmouth to Bengal, General Viscount Combermere from India home, and Colonel Fox from Halifax. After a further servitude of nearly two years and a half in the Ocean 80, and Howe 120, flag-ships of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming at Sheerness (where he had command for some time of a dockyard lighter), he was presented with a commission dated 15 Feb. 1837. His succeeding appointments were – 4 April, 1837, to the Castor 36, Capt. Edw. Collier, in the Mediterranean – 11 May, 1839, to the Britannia 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Hon. C. E. Fleeming at Portsmouth – 1 Feb. 1840, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, under whom he participated in the operations on the coast of Syria, and was present at the blockade of Alexandria – and, 20 Aug. 1841, to the Illustrious 72, bearing the flag in North America and the West Indies of Sir Chas. Adam, to whom he became Signal-Lieutenant 17 June, 1842. He was promoted to the rank of Commander on being paid off, 31 May, 1845, and has not been since afloat. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Keats, William

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​KEATS. (Captain, 1826. f-p., 14; h-p., 28.)
William Keats is nephew of the late Admiral Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Superb 74, Capt. R. G. Keats, bearing the flag at first of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he bore a part in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. After attending the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807, and witnessing the embarkation from Nyeborg of the Spanish troops under the Marquis de la Romana, he served until July, 1813, as Midshipman, on the Home, Cadiz, and Mediterranean stations, in the Puissant 74, Capt. Irwin, Milford 74, and Hibernia 120, bearing each the flag of Rear-Admiral Keats, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Pellew. In Aug. of the latter year he became Acting-Lieutenant of the Partridge sloop, Capt. John Miller Adye, to which vessel (being confirmed to her by commission dated 6 of that month) he continued attached until Oct. 1814. He next, from 23 March to 9 Dec. 1815, officiated as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir R. G. Keats, in the Salisbury 50, at Newfoundland; and, on 17 April, 1816, after having been intermediately employed in the Albion 74, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley at Sheerness, he was promoted to the rank of Commander. He obtained command, 7 Oct. 1822, of the Cherokee 10, on the Leith and Cork stations; but has not been since employed. His elevation to his present rank took place 27 March, 1826.
Capt. Keats married, first, 10 April, 1833, Catherine Jane, eldest daughter of Jas. Pitman, Esq., of Dunchideock House, Devon, who was drowned a few weeks after her marriage by the upsetting of a boat; and, secondly, 6 July, 1835, Augusta Maria, daughter of Giles King Lyford, Esq., of Winchester.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Keeling, John James

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​KEELING. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 32; h-p., 11.)
John James Keeling entered the Navy, in May, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Montagu 74, Capt. Robt. Waller Otway. During the period he continued in that ship he was present as Midshipman in 1805 in Admiral Cornwallis’ attack on the French fleet close in with Brest Harbour, on which occasion the Montagu exchanged fire with L’Alexandre, a French 80-gun ship. He also assisted at the evacuation of Scylla in 1808, and co-operated with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. After he had further served with Capt. Otway in the Malta 80, and with Rear- Admiral Hon. Robt. Stopford in the Spencer 74, he joined, in Jan. 1809, the Victorious 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot. In the course of the same year we find him accompanying the expedition to the Walcheren. He was next employed on boat-service in the Faro of Messina; and on 21 Feb. 1812, the Victorious being at the time in company with the Weasel 18, he shared, as Master’s Mate, and attracted the notice of Capt. Talbot by his conduct, in a most gallant conflict of four hours and a half, which terminated in the capture, with a loss to the former ship of 27 men killed and 99 wounded, and to the enemy of 400 killed and wounded, of the French 74 Rivoli, whose consorts, three brigs and two gun-boats, were at the same time defeated. Being re-appointed to the {{sc|Victorious}, 10 Aug. 1812, Mr. Keeling (who had left her when promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 13 of the previous May) commanded her tender in the attacks upon Crany Island and New Hampton in 1813. From 4 Oct. 1814 until Feb. 1815, and from 27 Aug. in the latter year until he invalided 4 May, 1816, he presents himself to our notice as serving in the Channel and East Indies on board the Amaranthe 18, and Challenger 16, Capts. Rich. Augustus Yates and Henry Forbes. His appointments have since been – 7 July, 1826, to the Coast Guard – 29 Sept. 1832, to the command of the Shamrock Revenue-vessel – 24 Sept. 1835, a second time to the Coast Guard – 10 Oct. 1838, again to the Shamrock --and 20 June, 1843, once more to the Coast Guard, in which service he is at present employed.
Lieut. Keeling, we understand, enjoys a pension of 91l. 5s. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kay, Joseph Henry

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​KAY, F.R.S. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Joseph Henry Kay entered the Navy 18 Dec. 1827; passed his examination in 1834; obtained his commission 6 Aprils 1839; and, from 15 of the following May until his return to England in 1843, was employed on an explorative mission to the Antarctic regions in the Terror, Capt. Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, part of an expedition conducted under the orders of the present Sir Jas. Clark Ross.
Lieut. Kay, a Fellow of the Royal Society, is now Director of H.M. Magnetic Observatory at Hobart Town. He married, 6 Nov. 1845, Maria, daughter of Geo. Meredith, Esq., of Cambria, Great Swan Port.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Keane, Edward

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​KEANE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 22.)
Edward Keane entered the Navy, 11 July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Royal 98, commanded in the Channel by Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds; and on removing, in 1807, to the Leyden 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen. While next attached, between Nov. in the latter year and Oct. 1810, to the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, and was much employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. In Nov. 1813, after he had served for three years, on the Lisbon, Home, and American stations, in the Poictiers 74, Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford, and had aided in the capture of several of the enemy’s vessels, among which were the Wasp, of 20 guns, and the late British brig-of-war Frolic, Mr. Keane became Acting-Lieutenant of the Diomede troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Montague Fabian, whom he followed, in a similar capacity, in Aug. 1814, into the Orpheus 36. He left the latter vessel in the ensuing Nov., and in May, 1815, joined, again as Midshipman, the Chatham 74, Capt. Edw. Lloyd, on the Channel station, where he cruized for a period of three months. He then took up a commission bearing date 7 March, 1815. His appointments have since been – 4 Jan. 1837, to the Coast Guard – 5 Dec. 1839, 30 March, 1840, and 5 Feb. 1842, to the command of the Diligence Revenue-vessel, and Prospero and Merlin steam-packets – and (on leaving the latter), 6 Feb. 1847, as Additional-Lieutenant; to the Redwing, another packet, in which he is now serving at Liverpool, under the orders of Capt. Thos. Bevis.
He married, in 1834, Sarah, eldest daughter of John Peake, Esq., then Master-Shipwright at Portsmouth Dockyard, by whom he has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Keane, George Disney

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​KEANE. (Commander, 1846.)
The Honourable George Disney Keane, born 26 Sept. 1817, is third son of Lieut.-General Lord Keane, G.C.B., G.C.H., Colonel of the 43rd Regt., and late Commander-in-Chief in India (who was raised to the Peerage in 1839, as a reward for the brilliant expedition he had conducted against Affghanistan, and died in 1844), by his first wife, Grace, second daughter of Lieut.-General Sir John Smith, R.A. His eldest brother, the present Peer, is a Major in the Army, and Captain in the 37th Regt.; his second, also an officer in the Army; and his third, a Lieutenant R.E.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Oct. 1831; passed his examination in 1837; obtained his first commission 26 Dec. 1840; then joined the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings: was next, from 25 Aug. 1841 until the close of 1843, employed in the Mediterranean, on board the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan; and, on 9 Nov. 1846, after having served for exactly 11 months in the Channel, as First-Lieutenant of the Scourge steam-sloop, Capt. Jas. Crawford Caffin, was advanced to the rank of Commander. He is at present on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morshead, John

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​MORSHEAD. (Lieut., 1836. f-p., 21; h-p., 5.)
John Morshead was born in 1806.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1821, as a Volunteer, on board the Iphigenia 42, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Mends on the coast of Africa; where, on following his chief, as Midshipman, into the Owen Glendower 42, he served on shore at Cape Coast Castle, during the Ashantee war. In the spring of 1825, a few months after he had returned to England and been received on board the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at Chatham of Sir Benj. Hallowell, he again sailed for the coast of Africa in the Redwing 18, Capt, Douglas Chas. Clavering; and, on his arrival, was transferred to the Maidstone 42, Commodore Chas. Bullen. Invaliding home in Dec. of the same year, he next joined in succession – in March, 1826, the Britannia 120, Capt. Philip Pipon, lying at Plymouth – between Feb. 1828 and June, 1830, the Erebus and Infernal bombs, Capts. Geo. Haye, Edm. Wm. Gilbert, and Brunswick Popham, both in the Mediterranean – and, in June, 1831, the Imogene, Capt. Price Blackwood, whom he accompanied, first to the East Indies, and then to China, where, in Sept. 1834, he commanded a division of guns at the forcing of the passage of the Boca Tigris. He returned to England in Aug. 1835; and on 24 May, 1836, nearly eight years after he had passed his examination, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His appointments have since been – in 1836-7, to the Dublin 50, Harrier 18, and Blonde 42, Capts. Chas. Eden, Wm. Henry Hallowell Carew, and Sir Fras. Mason, all on the South American stations, whence he returned in Nov. 1837 – 21 July, 1838, to the Hastings 74, Capts. Fras. Erskine Loch and John Lawrence, under the latter of whom, during the Syrian war, he was employed in the boats in a successful attempt to remove a quantity of powder from the castle of Beyrout – 6 Nov. 1843 (he had left the Hastings in Feb. 1842), to the Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, from which ship, employed on the Home station, he invalided in Sept. 1845 – and, 19 Nov. 1846, as Additional, to the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Sir John Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Plymouth, where he is at present serving.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morrish, Samuel

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​MORRISH. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Samuel Morrish entered the Navy 11 Dec. 1828; passed his examination 22 Jan. 1835; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 Nov. 1841, was serving in South America as Mate of the President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton. His appointments have since been – 15 Sept. 1842, as Additional, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Adam, in North America and the West Indies – 17 Feb. 1844, to the Electra 18, Capt. Arthur Barley, on the same station – 25 June, 1845, to the Coast Guard – and, 14 Sept. 1847, to the Asia 84, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, in the Pacific, where he is now serving.
He married, 1 July, 1845, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the late Capt. John Mackeson, of the Hon.E.I.Co.’s service, and of the island of Jamaica. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morrison, Richard James

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​MORRISON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 30.)
Richard James Morrison, born 15 June, 1795, is son of the late Rich. Caleb Morrison, Esq., who for 27 years was a Gentleman Pensioner under King George III. His grandfather, Rich. Morrison, was a Captain in the Hon.E.I.Co.’s service.
This officer entered the Navy 30 Sept. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartan of 46 guns and 258 men, Capts. Geo. Astle, Jahleel Brenton, and Edw. Pelham Brenton. Under Capt. Jah. Brenton, he saw much boat service in the Adriatic, participated as Midshipman in various attacks upon Pesaro and Ceseratico, and assisted at the capture of Lissa, Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo. He also, 3 May, 1810, shared in a brilliant and single-handed victory gained by the Spartan, in the Bay of Naples (after a contest of more than two hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 10 men killed and 22 wounded), over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron, carrying altogether 95 guns and about 1400 men. He continued in the same ship until Dec. 1810; and was subsequently, between Aug. 1811 and July, 1815, employed, part of the time as Master’s Mate, in the Elizabeth 74 and Myrtle 20, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen and Arthur Batt Bingham, on the North Sea, Baltic, and Cork stations. In the latter vessel he appears to have likewise performed the duties of Lieutenant and Master. He took up, on leaving her, a commission bearing date 3 March, 1815. His last appointment was to the Coast Guard, in which he served from April, 1827, until Oct. 1829, when he was under the necessity of resigning from the effects of ill health, induced by the exposure he had suffered in rescuing 4 men and a boy from wreck in the month of Feb. 1828. His exertions on the occasion were acknowledged by a medal from the “Society for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.” We may add that his commission had been presented to him in less than six months after he had passed his examination, as a reward for the conduct he had exhibited during the action in the Bay of Naples.
On 22 April, 1824, Lieut. Morrison presented a plan to the Admiralty “for registering merchant seamen” – since adopted in principle. He also, 24 Jan. 1827, proposed another “for propelling ships of war in a calm;” and on 6 March, 1835, he further suggested to the Board “a plan for providing an ample supply of seamen for the fleet without impressment.” In reference to the latter scheme he received the thanks of their Lordships, and had the gratification of not only hearing his arguments immediately employed in the House of Commons by Sir Jas. Graham, then First Lord of the Admiralty, but of likewise seeing them partially enforced, by the addition of a thousand boys to the naval force of the country. He married, 23 Aug. 1827, Miss Sarah Mary Paul, of Waterford, and by that lady has issue nine children. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morris, William (b)

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​MORRIS. (Commander, 1846.)
William Morris (b) entered the Navy 26 July, 1823; and served as Midshipman of the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination in 1829; obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838; and was afterwards appointed – 17 Jan. 1839, to the Trinculo 16, Capt. Henry Edward Coffin, on the Lisbon station – 6 Aug. 1841, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, in the Mediterranean – 19 Oct. 1843, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. Fras. Scott, employed on particular service – 9 March, 1844, as Senior, to the Tortoise store-ship at the Ascension, Capt. Arthur Morrell – and, 16 Dec. 1844, in a similar capacity, to the Ardent steam-sloop, Capt. John Russell, stationed on the coast of Africa, whence he returned to England and was paid off at the close of 1845. He acquired his present rank 28 May, 1846; and, since 28 Aug. 1847, has been in command of the Arab 16, at the Cape of Good Hope. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morton, Charles

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​MORTON. (Commander, 1827. f-p., 13; h-p., 27.)
Charles Morton, born in the vicinity of London, is member of a family seated for some centuries in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Oct. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Volontaire 38, Capt. Chas. Bullen, whom he followed as Midshipman, in Feb. 1811, into the Cambrian 40. In the former frigate he escorted the Duke of Orleans and his brother, Count Beaujolois, to Malta, served for some time with the in-shore squadron off Toulon, witnessed in 1809 the capture of the island of Pomegue, near Marseilles, and the destruction, near Cape Croisette, of Fort Rioux, mounting 14 guns, was present at an attack made, 31 Oct. in the latter year, on a large French convoy in the Bay of Rosas, and co-operated in 1810 with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia. In the Cambrian we find him assisting, in the course of 1811, at the reduction of the towns of St. Philon and Palamos, whose batteries were destroyed and guns embarked; also at the capture of 19 merchant-vessels at Cadaques, and at the defence of Tarragona. In Nov. 1814, after he had been for nearly three years employed on the Home and Mediterranean stations in the Bulwark and Pompée 74’s, Capts. Thos. Brown and Sir Jas. Athol Wood, he rejoined Capt. Bullen on board the Akbar 50, of which ship, having first conveyed despatches from Flushing to Antwerp, he was created an Acting-Lieutenant by Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Byam Martin, 13 April, 1815. He was confirmed on the return of the Akbar from the Halifax station 10 Dec. 1816; and he was next, 11 Dec. 1823, appointed First of the Maidstone 42, fitting for the broad pendant of his friend Commodore Bullen, who had been nominated to the chief command on the coast of Africa. While on that station Lieut. Morton was most actively employed in the suppression of the slave-trade. He was promoted to the rank of Commander 6 Oct. 1827, a few weeks after the Maidstone had been paid off, and has not been since afloat.
Commander Morton is the author of “An Essay on the Electrical Formation of Hailstones, in opposition to the absurd Theories of the learned Philosophers,” and is the inventor of a plan for increasing the power and rapidity used in the art of swimming. He married, 23 Sept. 1829, Eliza, only daughter of the late John Thompson, Esq., of Hanover, Jamaica.