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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oldrey, William

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​OLDREY. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 14; h-p., 29.)
William Oldrey entered the Navy, 22 June, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Warrior 74, Capts. Wm. Bligh and Sam. Hood Linzee, attached to the Channel fleet. In the summer of 1805 (he had attained the rating of Midshipman in July, 1804) he sailed in the Porpoise for New South Wales; whence, in Dec. 1807, he returned to England in the Buffalo. He then joined the Diomede 50, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez and Sir Edm. Nagle off Guernsey and Cherbourg; and after a servitude of three years and a half on the Home and Lisbon stations in the Doterel sloop, Capts. Anthony Abdy, Thos. Goldwire Muston, and Cohen (part of the force employed at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads), and Barfleur 98, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley he was made Lieutenant, 7 July, 1812, into the Union 98, commanded in the Mediterranean by Capts. Wm. Kent and Robt. Rolles. Being next 9 April, 1813, appointed to the Undaunted 38, Capt. Thos. Ussher, he took command, 3 May following ​of a boat belonging to that ship, and in the most gallant manner boarded and carried an enemy’s brig under a furious cannonade from the batteries at Marseilles. On 7 of the same month he attacked a French national schooner of the largest class, with a fleet of coasting vessels under her protection; two of the latter were taken, and several driven on shore; but unfortunately, just as he was about to board the schooner, a squall of wind arose, and she was enabled to effect her escape, notwithstanding that he made every effort again to close with her, and; resolutely continued the chase as long as the most distant hope remained of doing so, although his boat had already suffered a severe loss, and he himself had had his thigh-bone fractured. Inconsequence of his wound, for which he now receives a pension of 91l. 5s., he was under the necessity, in the ensuing July, of invaliding. His next appointments were – 6 June, 1815, for a few months, to the Albion 74, Capts. Philip Somerville and Jas. Walker, employed at Portsmouth and Sheerness – and 16 Dec. 1818, to the command, which he retained for about three years, of the Pioneek 10, on the Home station. As Commander, a rank he attained 24 April, 1828, Capt. Oldrey, from 14 March, 1831, until paid off at the close of 1832, served in the West Indies on board the Hyacinth 18. He attained his present rank 28 June, 1838, but has not been since afloat.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oliver, Richard Aldworth

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​OLIVER. (Commander, 1844.)
Richard Aldworth Oliver is son of Admiral Oliver.
This officer entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 26 April, 1825; passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his first commission 28 June, ​1838. His succeeding appointments were – 25 July, 1838, to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in the spring of 1841 – 2 Sept. 1841, to the Thalia 42, Capt. Chas. Hope, fitting at Chatham – and, 30 Oct. following, to the Queen 110, in which ship he was for upwards of two years again employed in the Mediterranean under the flag of Sir £dw. W. C. R. Owen, and the command of Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan. He attained his present rank 23 Sept. 1844; and, since 11 Oct. 1847, has been in command of the Fly 18 in the East Indies. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oliver, George Colin

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​OLIVER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 27.)
George Colin Oliver entered the Navy, in May, 1806, as a Supernumerary, on board the Milan 38, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie, then on the point of sailing for Newfoundland, where, in the course of the same year, he successively joined the Leander 50 and Leopard 50, both commanded by Capt. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys. On 22 June, 1807, he was present, we believe, in the latter ship when she compelled the U.S. frigate Chesapeake to surrender, in consequence of a refusal on the part of the American Captain to allow her to be searched by the British for deserters. Between 1808 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 March, 1815, we find him employed on the Halifax, Mediterranean, and Home stations, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Swiftsure 74, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, Laurestinus 24 and Orlando 36, both commanded by Capt. John Clavell, and Nautilus 18, Capts. Thos. Dench and John Bradley. His succeeding appointments were – 17 Oct. 1818, to the Rochfort 80, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Fras. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore in the Mediterranean – 7 Nov. 1821, to the Racehorse 18, Capt. Hon. Chas. Abbot (now Lord Colchester), on the same station, whence he returned to England and was paid off about Feb. 1822 – and, 23 Dec. 1825, to the Spartiate 74, Capt. Fred. Warren, lying at Portsmouth. Since the close of 1826, at which period be was superseded from the last-mentioned ship at his own request, Lieut. Oliver has been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oliver, William Sandford

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​OLIVER. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 18; h-p., 35.)
William Sandford Oliver died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Jan. 1793, as a Supernumerary, on board the Polyphemus 64, employed in the North Sea; and from the following Oct. until June, 1799, served as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the Cerberus 32, Capts. John Drew and Jas. Macnamara, on the Irish station; where, in Nov. 1797, he assisted at the capture of the privateers Epervier of 16 guns and 145 men, and Rénard of 18 guns and 189 men, besides sharing in an action with the Buonaparte, another privateer of 32 guns and 250 men. After acting for a short time in the Channel as Lieutenant of the Bellona and Russel 74’s, he was confirmed, 26 Sept. 1799, into the Seagull, Capts. Henry Wray and Thos. Lavie, on the Guernsey station. His succeeding appointments were – 24 Nov. 1800, to the Royal George 100, in the Channel – 3 Jan. 1801, to the Hussar 38, Capts. Lord Viscount Garlies and Wm. Brown, on the Irish station, where he remained until July, 1802 – 27 Sept. 1803, to the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, attached to the Channel Fleet – 8 Nov. 1804, to the Severn 40, bearing the flag of the Prince de Bouillon off Jersey – in April, 1805, for a passage to Gibraltar, to the Queen 98, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral John Knight – in May following, to the San Juan 74, as Flag-Lieutenant to the latter officer at the place last mentioned – and 14 May, 1806, and 6 Dec. 1811, to the command of the Spider and Martial brigs in the Mediterranean and North Sea. He went on half-pay in March, 1812; became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 26 Nov. 1830; and was transferred, 3 May, 1844, to the Senior List.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oliver, Robert (a)

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​OLIVER. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 15; h-p., 34.)
Robert Oliver (a) entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1798, as Midshipman, on board La Seine, of 48 guns and 281 men, Capt. David Milne, employed at first in the Channel and off the coast of Africa, and then in the West Indies, where, 21 Aug. 1800, he assisted at the capture, in the Mona Passage, of La Vengeance of 52 guns and 326 men, at the close of a brilliant action of two hours and a half, in which the British lost 13 men killed and 29 wounded, and the French more than twice that number. After a servitude of three years and four months in the North Sea and Channel, nearly the whole time as Master’s Mate, in the Amethyst 36, Capts. Henry Rich. Glynn, Alex. Campbell, and John Wm. Spranger, and Penelope 36, Capt. Wm. Robt. Broughton, he was nominated, 14 Nov. 1805, Sub-Lieutenant of the Liberty 14, Lieut.-Commander John Codd. He was made full Lieutenant, 30 Jan. 1806, into the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens, lying in Portsmouth Harbour; and subsequently appointed – 18 Feb. 1806, to the Champion 24, Capts. Robt. Howe Bromley, Kenneth Mackenzie, and Jas. Coutts Crawford, in which vessel he visited Halifax and Quebec – 26 May, 1808, to the Rover sloop, Capt. Fras. John Nott, attached to the force in the North Sea, where he remained a year and eight months – towards the close of 1810, to the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, off Lisbon in May, 1811, to the gun-boat service at Cadiz – 21 Sept. following, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord Colville, in the Channel – and, in Jan. and March, 1813, to the Ville de Paris 110 and Boyne 98, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Burlton. Prior to joining the Tonnant Lieut. Oliver had been the means, in 1810, of rescuing from destruction a Spanish frigate from Cadiz bound to Ferrol, together with the whole of her crew, upwards of 200 soldiers, and a large quantity of specie. For his signal exertions on the occasion he was earnestly recommended by the Spanish to the British Government. When Second of the Boyne he was present, 13 Feb. 1814, in a partial action fought with the Toulon fleet, in which that ship bore the brunt and greatly distinguished herself. In the ensuing April Lieut. Oliver (who, we may here observe, had been often employed on detached service and had participated in various cutting-out affairs) witnessed the fall of Genoa. His promotion to the rank of Commander took place 27 Aug. in the same year, and since that period he has been on half-pay.
During his career afloat Commander Oliver received not less than five wounds in the head, in addition to one in the right arm and other grievous injuries, which have had the effect for many years past of incapacitating him from great exertion. Agent – John P. Muspratt.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ommanney, Erasmus

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​OMMANNEY. (Captain, 1846.)
Erasmus Ommanney is son of the late Sir Fras. Molyneux Ommanney, Kt., M.P. for Barnstaple, the well-known Navy Agent; and nephew of Vice-Admiral Sir John Acworth Ommanney, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 15 July, 1826; passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his first commission 10 Dec. 1835. His succeeding appointments were – 28 Dec. 1835, to the Cove, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, employed on particular service – 7 Oct. 1836, to the Pique 36, Capt. Henry John Rous, attached to the force off Lisbon – and, 18 Oct. 1837, to the Donegal 78, as Flag-Lieutenant to his uncle Sir J. A. Ommanney, on the station last named, where he continued during a further period of three years. He was advanced to the rank of Commander 9 Oct. 1840; and from 28 Aug. 1841 until paid off at the close of 1844, was employed in that capacity ​in the Mediterranean on board the Vesuvius steam-sloop. He has since been on half-pay. His promotion to the rank he now holds took place 9 Nov. 1846.
Capt. Ommanney married, 27 Feb. 1844, Amelia Mary, eldest daughter of Sam. Smith, Esq., of H.M. Dockyard, Malta. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Swan, Oliver

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​SWAN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
Oliver Swan was born 2 June, 1792. His brother, David Swan, Master R.N. (1794), died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ardent 64, Capt. Robt. Winthrop, under whom he was for two years (half the time in the capacity of Midshipman) employed in the Channel, off Ferrol, in the Downs, off Boulogne, and in the North Sea. He then, in April, 1805, joined the Revenge 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, lying at Sheerness; and in the ensuing June he was again placed under the command of Capt. Winthrop in the Sybille 38. He twice in that ship carried despatches to the King of Prussia; after which he served on the coast of Ireland and in the Bay of Biscay, visited Madeira, and cruized among the Western Islands. While attached, from July, 1807, until Nov. 1809, to the Ganges 74, Capt. Peter. Halkett, he assisted, under the broad pendant of Commodore Rich. Goodwin Keats, at the taking of Copenhagen, made a voyage to Lisbon, and took part, under the flag of Rear-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway, in the attack upon Flushing. In the course of the month last mentioned he removed to the Horatio 38, Capts. Geo. Scott and John Chas. Woolcombe. In her he was for nearly 12 months engaged in affording protection to different convoys as far as Madeira, the Cape de Verde Islands, and St. Helena. He was subsequently, until presented, in March, 1815, with a commission bearing date 11 of the previous Feb., employed on the Home and Mediterranean stations in the Aimable 32, Capt. J. C. Woolcomhe, Crescent 38, Capt. John Quilliam, Edinburgh 74, Capts. Robt. Rolles, Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, and John Lampen Manley. His last appointment was, 19 May, 1815, to the Gladiator 44, in which ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Halkett at Portsmouth, he continued until the following Oct., performing the duties during that period of Signal-Lieutenant. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Swan married, 27 Aug. 1817, Mary Newton, eldest daughter of Robt. Davidson, Esq., Solicitor, of Bishop Wearmouth, by whom he has issue a son and three daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sutton, Charles Thomas

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​SUTTON. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 10; h-p., 34.)
Charles Thomas Sutton entered the Navy, 20 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Montagu 74, Capts. Thos. Rogers, John Wentworth Loring, Fras. Pickmore, Henry Inman, and Thos. Seccombe, stationed in the Downs; where he attained the rating of Midshipman in March, 1805, and removed, 1 May, 1806, to the Glatton 50, Capts. Thos. Seccombe, Henry Hope, John Clavell, and Geo. Miller Bligh. On proceeding in the latter ship to the Mediterranean he united in the operations of 1807 in Egypt, and was actively employed in the boats on Lake Mareotis. In Jan. 1808 he chanced to be on board the Bittern sloop in a running action of three hours in the Faro of Messina; and in the course of the next month he commanded a boat at the evacuation of Scylla, the garrison of which was embarked under a galling fire from the enemy on the Calabrian shore. He had previously assisted, in charge of a gun-boat, at the defence of that place. On finally leaving the Glatton, Mr. Sutton was received, in Oct. 1809, on board the Thracian 18, Capt. Jas. Grant, stationed in the North Sea; he removed in March, 1810, to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers, again in the Mediterranean; and he subsequently, in the early part of 1813, joined the Royalist 18, Capt. Jas. John Gordon Bremer. While attached to the Kent he served, 13 Dec. 1810, with the boats of a squadron under Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, in a disastrous but most valorous attack upon the enemy’s shipping in the Mole of Palamos; on which occasion the British, out of 600 officers and men, sustained a loss of upwards of 200 killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. He contributed in the Royalist to the defence of Castro, on the north coast of Spain; and on its fall he was very active in bringing off the Spanish garrison. Referring to the latter event, Capt. Robt. Bloye, the senior officer present, expresses himself to the following effect in his official letter:– “I have great pleasure in informing you our loss has been trifling to what might have been expected, consisting of 10 wounded, 4 in the Royalist and 6 in the Sparrow. Lieut. Kentish of the Royalist was slightly wounded in the leg, and Mr. Sutton, Midshipman, received a musket-ball in the leg, while embarking the garrison, which rendered amputation necessary. Capt. Bremer speaks of his conduct in the highest terms, and I was an eye-witness of his intrepidity in saving the garrison amidst a shower of musket-balls.” For his conduct Mr. Sutton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 27 May, 1813. He has since been on half-pay. He was allotted a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum in consideration of his wound 18 June, 1816.
* ↑ He was struck on the knee, and his limb was immediately amputated half up the thigh.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1813, p. 1015.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sutton, William

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​SUTTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 18; h-p., 32.)
William Sutton died in 1848.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1797, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Overyssel 64, Capt. John Bazely, bearing the flag of Admiral Peyton in the Downs. In Jan. 1800 he removed to the Unicorn 32, Capts. Philip Wilkinson and Chas. Wemyss, stationed in the Channel; and in May, 1802, he again joined Capt. Wilkinson as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in April, 1800) on board the Hussar 38. In that frigate, during his passage home with despatches from Ferrol, he was wrecked, on the night of 8 Feb. 1804, on the southernmost part of the Saintes. He was under the necessity in consequence of surrendering himself a prisoner, with nearly all the crew, to the French at Brest. On regaining his liberty at the end of the war he was received, in May, 1814, on board the Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral Wm. Domett. He served next, from July following until Sept. 1815, in the Vesta schooner, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Gover Miall, principally on the coast of North America; and on 2 Nov. in the latter year he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He did not afterwards go afloat. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sweetland, Henry

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​SWEETLAND. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
Henry Sweetland entered the Navy, in March, 1803, as A.B., on board a ship commanded, on the Lisbon station, by Capt. Jas. Dunbar. From Dec. 1805 until Jan. 1808 he served in the West Indies in the Canada 74, Capt. John Harvey; he was then employed for five years and three months in the Mediterranean as Quartermaster, Midshipman, and Master’s Mate, in the Leonidas 38, Capt. Dunbar, and Sultan 74, Capts. Edw. Griffith and John West; and after serving for a year and ten months at Newfoundland, as Master’s Mate, in the Bellerophon 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, he was promoted, 8 Feb. 1815, to the rank of Lieutenant. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Case and Loudonsack.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sunderland, George Henry Carleton

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​SUNDERLAND. (Lieutenant, 1840. f-p., 11; h-p., 8.)
George Henry Carleton Sunderland was born 3 May, 1814.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1828, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Prince Regent 120, Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood at the Nore. He was employed next in the East Indies – from 19 Nov. 1828 until 4 Jan. 1833, part of the time as Midshipman, in the Cruizer 18, Capts. John Edw. Griffith Colpoys and John Parker – from 23 Jan. 1834 until 17 March, 1835, in the Andromache 28, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, in which vessel he assisted, in company with the Imogene, Capt. Price Blackwood, in forcing the passage of the Boca Tigris, 7 and 9 Sept. 1834 – and from 18 March until 31 July, 1835, in the Melville 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore. He passed his examination 5 Aug. in the latter year; and was subsequently appointed Mate – 15 Feb. 1836, of the Terror bomb, Capt. Edw. Belcher, fitting for an expedition to the North Pole – and 25 March, 1836, 12 Jan. 1838, and 13 Jan. 1839, of the Vanguard 80, Capts. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes, Belle- ROPHON 80, Capt. Sam. Jackson, and Powerful 84, Capt. Chas. Napier. In the ship last mentioned (he had been discharged from the Bellerophon 10 April, 1838) he took part in the operations on the coast of Syria, and was present at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He was promoted in consequence to the rank of Lieutenant by a commission bearing date 4 Nov. 1840; but he did not leave the Powerful until 16 Jan. 1841. He then joined his former ship the Bellerophon, commanded at the time by Capt. Chas. John Austen, with whom he remained until 6 March following. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Sunderland married, 7 Aug. 1844, Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Story, of the Royal Artillery, by whom he has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Swainson, William

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​SWAINSON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 26.)
William Swainson entered the Navy, 14 June, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess floating-battery, Capt. Sam. Martin Colquitt, lying in the river Mersey. In the course of the following month he removed to La Pomone 38, Capt. Robt. Barrie, and with that officer (deducting a few months passed in 1811-12 on board the Tigre 74, Capt. John Halliday) he continued to serve, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the same ship and in the Grampus 50 and Dragon 74, until nominated, 12 Nov. 1814, Acting-Lieutenant of the Devastation bomb, Capt. Thos. Alexander. In the Pomone, in which frigate he continued until wrecked on the Needles Point 14 Oct. 1811, he cruized with activity in the Mediterranean, where, besides assisting at the destruction of L’Etourdie national brig of 18 guns and 200 men, and being on many occasions employed in the boats, he participated, 1 May, 1811, in a gallant action of an hour and a half in Sagone Bay, in which the Pomone, in company with the Unité 36 and Scout 18, effected the annihilation, with a loss to herself of 2 men killed and 19 wounded, of the two armed store-ships Giraffe and Nourrice, each mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and defended by a 5-gun battery, a martello tower, and a body of about 200 regular troops. In the Grampus he served off Cadiz and made a voyage to Barbadoes; in the Dragon he took part in a variety of operations on the coast of North America, including a highly successful expedition to the Penobscot; and in the Devastation he was present at the capture, 14 Jan. 1815, of St. Mary’s, the frontier town of the state of Georgia. A few days after the latter event he removed, again as Acting-Lieutenant, to the Terror bomb, Capt. John Sheridan. He left that vessel in the ensuing April; and on 13 June, 1815, he was made Lieutenant, officially, into his former ship the Devastation, Capt. Geo. Martin Guise, then lying at Portsmouth. He was placed on half-pay in the course of the same month; and was afterwards employed – from 26 Sept. 1830 until 1834, as a Supernumerary, in the Cockburn schooner, Licut.-Commander Chas. Holbrook, on the lakes of Canada – and, from 30 Nov. 1846 until Nov. 1848, in command of the Penguin packet, on the Falmouth station. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sweeting, William

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​SWEETING. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)
William Sweeting was born 23 March, 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 10 July, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Nymphe 36, Capts. Conway Shipley and Hon. Josceline Percy, in which frigate, after accompanying the expedition against Copenhagen, he sailed for Lisbon, and then proceeded to the Mediterranean, where he served as Midshipman, from Oct. 1809 until Dec. 1811, in the Centaur 74, Ville de Paris 110, and Hibernia 120, flag-ships of Rear-Admirals Sir Sam. Hood, Thos. Fras. Fremantle, and Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats. On leaving the Hibernia he was received on board the Minden 74, Capts. Alex. Skene, Joseph Prior, Geo. Henderson, and Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, with whom we find him, until his return to England in March, 1816, employed in the East Indies as Midshipman, Master’s Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant – the chief part of the time under the flag of Sir S. Hood. In July of the latter year (he had passed his examination 16 July, 1813) he was appointed Admiralty-Midshipman of the Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins; and on 27 of the ensuing Aug. he was present at the bombardment of Algiers, where he was severely wounded by large splinters in the forehead, right shoulder, and breast. These injuries not being considered equal to the loss of a limb, he received no pecuniary compensation. His conduct, however, procured him a commission dated 16 Sept. 1816. Since his promotion he has been on half-pay.
# A Little Pretty Pocket-book/Winter

IV. Winter.
A Winter was last in woolly Robes array'd, And bent with feeble Age his hoary Head; Shrunk in himself he wrapt his Garments close, And inly trembled as the Tempest rose.
His Length of Beard and deep intended Brow, ​Were whiten'd o'er with an eternal Snow. Prone to the Earth his bending Back declin'd, And, almost, froze, he shiver'd in the Wind; Propp'd on a Staff, he slowly, mov'd along; And round him loud insuIting Boreas rung.