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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Kipling, Rudyard

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​Kipling, Rudyard (1865).—Novelist, etc. Departmental Ditties (1886), Plain Tales from the Hills (1887), Soldiers Three, The Light that Failed (1891), The Jungle Books (1894 and 1895), Kim (1901), Puck of Pook's Hill, Actions and Reactions (1909), ​etc. Also poems, Barrack-Room Ballads, The Seven Seas, and The Five Nations.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Lane-Poole, Stanley, Litt.D., etc.

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​Lane-Poole, Stanley, Litt.D., etc. (1854).—Historian and archæologist. Histories of the Moors in Spain (7th ed. 1904), The Mohammedan Dynasties (1893), The Mogul Emperors (1892), Art of the Saracens of Egypt (1886), The Story of Cairo, Lives of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, E. W. Lane, Aurangzib Saladin, etc., edit. Lane's Arabic Lexicon, etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Laughton, Sir John Knox

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​Laughton, Sir John Knox (1830).—Writer on naval subjects, etc. Physical Geography in relation to the Prevailing Winds and Currents (1870), Studies in Naval History (1887), Nelson (English Men of Action) (1895), Nelson and his Companions in Arms (1896), Sea Fights and Adventures (1901); ed. Letters and Dispatches of Lord Nelson, From Howard to Nelson (1899), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Lawless, The Hon. Emily

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​Lawless, The Hon. Emily.—Novelist. Hurrish (1886), Story of Ireland (1887), Plain Frances Mowbray (1889), With Essex in Ireland (1890), A Garden Diary (1901), Book of Gilly (1906), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Lang, Andrew, D.Litt., etc.

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​Lang, Andrew, D.Litt., etc. (1844).—Poet, critic, and folklorist. Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (1872), Ballads in Blue China (1880), Custom and Myth (1884), Books and Bookmen (1886), Mark of Cain (1886), Myth, Ritual, and Religion (1887), "Blue," "Red," "Green," "Yellow," "Pink," and "Olive" Fairy Books (ed. 1889-1907), Sir Stafford Northcote (1890), Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1893), Homer and the Epic (1893), Life of J. G. Lockhart (1896), translation of Odyssey (with Prof. Butcher), and of Iliad (with Mr. Myers and Mr. W. Leaf), The Making of Religion (1898), History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation, vol. i., Prince Charles Edward (1901), The Mystery of Mary Stuart (1901), The Valet's Tragedy (1903), John Knox and the Reformation (1905), Sir George Mackenzie (1909), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Leaf, Walter, Litt.D.

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​Leaf, Walter, Litt.D. (1852).—Scholar and translator. The Iliad of Homer translated into English Prose (with A. Lang and E. Myers) (1882), Companion to the Iliad (1892), etc.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Moss, Sidney

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​MOSS. (Lieutenant, 1822. f-p., 13; h-p., 23.)
Sidney Moss entered the Navy, in Sept. 1811, as a Boy, on board the Berwick 74, Capts. Sir Robt. Laurie and Edw. Brace, in which ship, with the exception of a few months passed in 1814 in the Edinburgh 74, Capt. John Lampen Manley, he continued employed, the greater part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman, until July, 1816. He saw much service during that period on the coast of Spain, and assisted at the blockade of Toulon, the reduction of Genoa and Gaeta, and the capture of a host of the enemy’s vessels. He also, at the commencement of 1816, accompanied Lord Exmouth to Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli for the accomplishment of objects connected with the abolition of Christian slavery. On leaving the Berwick he served for several months on Lake Ontario in the Montreal, Commodore Sir Robt. Hall; after which, returning to England in the Pactolus 38, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, he was for upwards of three years employed on the Home station in the Sybille 44, Capt. Clias. Malcolm, Queen Charlotte 100, bearing the flags of Sir Edw. Thornbrough and Sir Geo. Campbell, and, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in the Severn, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. ​M‘Culloch. After an attachment of two years to the Surinam 18, Capts. Wm. McKenzie Godfrey, Chas. Crole, and Alfred Matthews, on the West India station, he was there, 25 Nov. 1822, promoted to a death vacancy in the Icarus 10, commanded at first by Capts. Crole and Matthews, and afterwards by Capts. Thos. Stopford and John Geo. Graham. He has been on half-pay since 31 Jan. 1824.
Lieutenant Moss is married. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mottley, Joseph Martin

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​MOTTLEY. (Commander, 1843.)
Joseph Martin Mottley entered the Navy 9 Oct. 1812; passed his examination in 1821; and was made Lieutenant, 11 Feb. 1829, into the North Star 28, Capt. Septimus Arabin, on the coast of Africa. He was afterwards appointed – 5 March, 1830, as a Supernumerary, to the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 16 March, 1831, to the Coast Guard – 5 Oct. 1832, to the Undaunted 46, Capt. Edw. Harvey, employed in the East Indies, whence he returned in the early part of 1834 – 7 Nov. 1835, as First, to the Tweed 20, Capt. Thos. Maitland, stationed off Lisbon – 19 Jan. 1837, to the command, for Home service, of the Speedy cutter, of 8 guns – 10 March, 1838, as Senior, to the Dee steamer, Capt. Joseph Sherer, fitting for the North America and West India station, where he continued until superseded in May, 1839 – 7 Aug. 1839, to the Revenge 76, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, of which ship, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, he became First-Lieutenant – and, 27 April and 26 July, 1842, in the latter capacity, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship at Portsmouth of Sir David Milne, and Imaum receiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodore Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng. He attained his present rank 24 Jan. 1843; and, since 29 Oct. 1845, has been employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
He married, in 1838, Eliza, youngest daughter of W. Stone, Esq., builder, of Chatham Dockyard. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morton, Thomas Constant Paggett

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​MORTON. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 33.)
Thomas Constant Paggett Morton entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1802, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Argo 44, Capts. Benj. Hallowell and Geo. Parker, employed in succession on the coast of Africa, and in the West Indies, Mediterranean, and North Sea. While in the West Indies, in 1803, he co-operated in the reduction of the islands of Ste. Lucie and Tobago. Becoming Midshipman, in Oct. 1804, of the Proselyte 28, Capts. Geo. Nich. Hardinge, Geo. Sayer, and John Chas. Woolcombe, he again, in the early part of 1805, sailed for the West Indies in escort of a large convoy. From Nov. in the latter year until Oct. 1811 we find him serving in the Illustrious 74, Capts. Wm. Shield, Wm. Robt. Broughton, Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing, and Robt. Maunsell, at first off Cadiz, and then in the East Indies, where, having assisted at the capture of Java, he removed to the Dasher sloop, Capt. Wm. Kelly. On his return to England in March, 1812, he became Master’s Mate of the Thisbe 28, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Hamilton at Deptford; and in the following June he was received, in a similar capacity, on board the Impétueux 74, flag-ship off Lisbon of the late Sir Geo. Martin. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 15 Oct. in the same year, in the San Juan 74, successive flag-ship of Rear-Admirals Sam. Hood Linzee and Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming at Gibraltar, whence, in the summer of 1814, he returned home in the Shearwater 10, Capt. John Townsend Coffin. He has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mottley, William

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​MOTTLEY. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Mottley died 13 July, 1845, as related beneath, aged 27. He was son of Geo. Henry Mottley, Esq., of Portsmouth, the talented editor of the ‘Hampshire Telegraph.’
This officer entered the Navy 14 April, 1830; passed his examination 5 July, 1837; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 30 Aug. 1841, was serving as Mate of the Wasp 16, Capt. Hon. Henry Anthony Murray, in which sloop he had assisted, under Capt. Geo. Mansel, at the capture of St. Jean d’Acre. His succeeding appointments were – 2 Sept. 1841, again to the Wasp – 21 June, 1842 (soon after his return from the Mediterranean), to the Thunder surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, on the North America and West India station – 10 Jan. 1844, to the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Wm. Jones on the coast of Africa – and, 27 Sept. 1844, a third time, to the Wasp, then commanded by Capt. Sidney Henry Ussher. He died of fever at Ascension, as above, on board the Penelope, while on his passage to rejoin the Wasp, after having taken to Sierra Leone a slave-brig captured by her. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Moubray, William Hobson

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​MOUBRAY. (Lieut., 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 2.)
William Hobson Moubray, born 28 Aug. 1818, is third son (by Laura, fourth daughter of Wm. Hobson, Esq., of Markfield, co. Middlesex) of Sir Robt. Moubray, Kt., K.H., of Cockaidnie, co. Fife, a Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate for that shire, and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, who was for 10 years employed in India, and for eight in the Mediterranean, where, as Captain in the 80th Regt. of Foot, he served in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercromby. His eldest brother, Robert, is a Captain in the Fifeshire Militia; his second, Richard, a Captain in the 1st Madras Light Cavalry, died 20 April, 1843; and his youngest, Edward, is now a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. Lieut. Moubray, a descendant of the family of William the Conqueror, is nephew of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey Hussey, K.C.B., G.C.M.G., who assumed the name of Hussey by sign-manual on inheriting the estates of his cousin Admiral Sir Rich. Hussey Bickerton, Bart., K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 April, 1831, on board the Barham 50, Capt. Hugh Pigot, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he was present at the restoration of Athens and the Negropont to the Greeks. After a servitude of three years in South America in the North Star 28, Capt. Octavius Vernon Harcourt, and Harrier 18, Capt. Wm. Henry Hallowell Carew, he became Mate, about Jan. 1838, of the Hastings 72, Capts. Fras. Erskine Loch and John Lawrence. In that ship he escorted ​the Earl of Durham to Quebec and Her Majesty the Queen Dowager to and from the Mediterranean, besides assisting, in 1840, in the attack upon Beyrout. He subsequently joined the Dublin 50, fitting at Portsmouth for the flag of Keai-Admiral Rich. Thomas, and the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Devonport; and on 16 Feb. 1843 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were – 9 Nov. 1843, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, equipping at Sheerness – 13 Jan. 1844, to the Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, employed as an experimental ship – and, 7 Nov. 1845, to the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle at Portsmouth, and of Sir Fras. Augustus Collier in the Channel. He has been on half-pay since the close of 1846.
Lieut. Moubray married, 16 Dec. 1846, Selina Mary Anna, daughter of J. B. Hooper, Esq., of Abbots Kipton Hall, Huntingdonshire, late M.P. and High-Sheriff for that co. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Moss, Charles

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​MOSS. (Lieutenant, 1825.)
Charles Moss entered the; Navy 1 Sept. 1808, and was for some time Master’s Mate of the Sheldrake 16, Capt. Jas. Pattison Stewart, in which vessel he came into frequent contact with the Danish flotillas in the Baltic, co-operated, in 1811, in the brilliant defence of Anholdt, and was severely wounded in boarding a Danish sloop on the coast of Jutland. He passed his examination in 1814; obtained his commission 27 May, 1825; and was subsequently appointed – 2 Nov. 1825, as a Supernumerary, to the Hyperion 42, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 6 July, 1832, to the Coast Guard, which he left in the early part of 1834 – 2 July, 1840, to the same service – and, 15 Oct. 1841, to the command of the Wickham Revenue cruizer. He continued in the latter vessel until the end of 1846, and is now again in the Coast Guard. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mouat, John Alexander

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​MOUAT. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 20; h-p., 23.)
John Alexander Mouat, born about 1793, is son of Commander Alexander Mouat, R.N., who was a Midshipman with Capt. Cook during his voyages, and died fom fever while in command of the Rattlesnake sloop, in the West Indies, in 1793; and grandson of Capt. Patrick Mouat, R.N., who commanded the Tamer on a voyage of discovery with Admiral Byron. One of his uncles died in the Assistance while in command of the North American station; and two others were killed in action in the London, off St. Domingo.
This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Zebra bomb, Capt. Wm. Standway Parkinson, with whom he continued to serve, as Midshipman, in the Merlin, Wasp, and Favorite sloops, on the Home and West India stations, until 1808 – assisting, when in the Favorite at the capture of the Danish islands of St. Thomas and Ste. Croix. He then returned home in the Thais 20, Capt. Wm. Ferris; and in Dec. 1808 after having served for seven months in the Isis 50, flag-ship at Newfoundland of Vice-Admiral John Holloway, he joined the Africaine 38, Capt. Rich. Raggett, under whom we find him employed in escorting Lord Hill’s brigade from Cork to Lisbon, the Duke of Orleans from Portsmouth to Malta, Mr. Jackson, the British Ambassador, to the ​United States, and the Hon. Mr. Erskine thence to England. With the exception of an interval passed in the summer of 1810 on board the Salvador Del Mundo, flag-ship at Plymouth of Admiral Young, he continued under Capt. Raggett in the Africaine and Defiance 74, latterly in the North Sea, until Jan. 1813. He was then sent out to India on promotion in the Daedalus 38, Capt. Murray Maxwell; and on that frigate being wrecked off Ceylon in the following July, he was received on board the Minden 74, of which ship, bearing the flag of Sir Sam. Hood, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant 23 Sept. in the same year. In the early part of 1814 he successively removed, in the latter capacity, to the Hecate and Sphynx sloops, Capts. John Hill and Hon. Arthur Turnour. He was confirmed to the Sphynx 11 Feb. 1815, and, being paid off in the ensuing Dec, was afterwards appointed – in Nov. 1818, to the Newcastle 60, bearing the flag of the late Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys at Halifax, whence he returned in 1821 – 6 Nov. 1828, as First-Lieutenant (a rank he had held the last 12 months on board the Newcastle), to the Challenger 28, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, under whom, after taking possession of the colony at Swan River, he proceeded to the East Indies, whence his health obliged him to invalid in Oct. 1829 – and, 7 Oct. 1833, to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained until superseded, at his own request, in the autumn of 1838. He has since been on half-pay.
He married, in 1828, Maria Janetta, daughter of the Rev. John Mudge, Vicar of Brampfordspeke, and Rector of Lustleigh, co. Devon.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Moubray, Robert Hussey

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​MOUBRAY. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Robert Hussey Moubray passed his examination 13 March, 1837; and from 1841 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 Dec. 1845, was employed in the East Indies as Mate of the Hazard 18, Capts. Chas. Bell and Fras. Philip Egerton. He served during several months of 1847 on board the Terrible steam-frigate, of 800-horse power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Frederick Wetherall

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​SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Frederick Wetherall Smith passed his examination 11 July, 1842; served from the close of that year until the commencement of 1845 in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; then joined the Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry; and, on 26 June, 1846, at which period he had been for upwards of four months employed in the Terrible steam-frigate, of 800-horse power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In March, 1847, he was re-appointed, for a few months, to the Excellent, then commanded by Capt. Henry Ducie Chads.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Harry

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​SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Harry Smith passed his examination 20 Sept. 1838; served as Mate in the Vanguard 80 and Modeste 18, Capts. Sir David Dunn and Thos. Baillie, on the Mediterranean, Lisbon, and South American stations, from 1840 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Jan. 1845; and, since 19 Nov. in the latter year, has been employed in the Grampus 50, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, in the Pacific.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Henry (a)

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​SMITH, C.B. (Captain, 1829.)
Henry Smith (a) attained the rank of Lieutenant 19 July, 1821; and was appointed in that capacity – 25 April, 1823, to the Genoa 74, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone, in which ship he continued for about a year and a half – and, 7 May, 1827, as First, to the Fairy 10, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, fitting for the West Indies. He was there, 3 Feb. 1828, advanced to the command of the Ferret brig; from which vessel he removed, 14 April following, to the Arachne 18. He was nominated, 8 Sept. 1829, Acting-Captain of the Magnificent receiving-ship at Jamaica; and in 1831 he was officially promoted by a commission bearing the same date. His next appointments were, 27 Nov. 1837, and 30 June, 1840, to the Volage 26 and Druid 44, on the East India station, whence he returned in 1843. In the Volage he commanded a highly successful expedition (consisting of that ship, the Cruizer 16, Hon.E.I.Co.’s vessels Coote and Mahé;, and transports Lowjee Family, Ernaad, and Ann Crichton) against the town of Aden, in Arabia, where the fortifications were destroyed and the enemy completely subdued; and in the Druid he distinguished himself by the active part he took in the operations in China. On 19 Aug. 1840, with the Larne 18, Hyacinth 18, Enterprise steamer, and Louisa cutter under his orders, he made so prompt and decisive an attack upon the works and barracks erected close to the barrier at Macao, that the Chinese were quickly put to flight, and their intentions against that city frustrated. In 1841 he was present, and was repeatedly thanked for his conduct, at the reduction of Tycocktow, in the action with the Bogue forts, and at the taking of Canton and Amoy. He has been in command, since 1 March, 1848, of the Ganges 84, at Sheerness.
Capt. Smith was nominated a C.B. 13 Aug. 1840. He married, at Berne, in Switzerland, 18 Sept. 1844, Anna, eldest daughter of the late Sylvester Costigin, Esq., of Dublin. Agent – John P. Muspratt.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1839, p. 669.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1162, 1164, 1498 and Gaz. 1842, p. 82.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, George

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​SMITH. (Captain, 1832.)
George Smith entered the Navy, 16 Sept. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Caroline 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and Hugh Downman; in which ship he served in the North Sea, Baltic, and Channel, witnessed the destruction of the French 40-gun frigate Amazone, near Cape Barfleur, 25 March, 1811, and escorted a fleet of Indiamen to Madeira. Removing, in Feb. 1813 (he had attained the rating of Midshipman), to the Undaunted 38, Capt. Thos. Ussher, he took part in the boats of the frigate and a small squadron in a very gallant attack made, 18 Aug. 1813, on the batteries at Cassis, where, after sustaining a loss of 4 men killed and 16 wounded, the British, in four hours, succeeded in capturing three heavy gun-boats and 24 vessels laden with merchandize. He was again, 9 Nov. following, in the boats at the taking of a vigorously defended tower at Port Nouvelle, and the destruction of seven French vessels, lying there under the protection of several batteries; and, in April, 1814, he shared in the honour of conveying Napoleon Buonaparte from Frejus to Elba. Previously to the latter event he had aided, on different occasions, in cutting out a Greek ship and a brig from under the batteries of Marseilles. He left the Undaunted in July, 1814; served from the following Sept. until Aug. 1815 in the Duncan 74, commanded at first by Capt. Ussher and next by Capt. Sam. Chambers, as flag-ship to Sir John Poo Beresford on the coast of Brazil; obtained his first commission 20 Sept. in the latter year; and was subsequently appointed – 13 Sept. 1819, to the Alert sloop, Capt. Chas. Farwell, in the Downs – 23 Jan. 1821 and 25 April, 1323, to the Dispatch 18 and Cambrian 48, Capts. Wm.Clarke Jervoise and Gawen Wm. Hamilton, both on the Mediterranean station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in 1824 – and, 2 Aug. 1826, to the Ganges 84, flag-ship in South America of Sir Robt. Waller Otway, with whom he continued until promoted to the rank of Commander 8 Sept. 1829. In 1830 he was ordered to superintend the instruction of the officers and seamen in the art of naval gunnery on board the Excellent at Portsmouth, where all inventions connected therewith were referred to his opinion. He was nominated, 16 Feb. and 2 Dec. 1831, Supernumerary-Commander of the Spartiate 76 and Victory 104; and, as a reward “for improvements in gunnery,” was advanced to his present rank 13 April, 1832. He has since been on half-pay.
Capt. Smith is the inventor of very superior sights for ships’ guns, of a lever or moveable target, and of paddle-box safety-boats for steam-ships. In 1833 he published a volume entitled ‘A few Remarks on the Siege of Antwerp; also, a Plan for the Suppression of Piracy.’ Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, George Martyr

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​SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George Martyr Smith passed his examination 12 Aug. 1844; served as Mate in the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, Trafalgar 120, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, Endymion 44, Capt. Geo.Robt. Lambert, and Hermes steam-sloop, Lieut.-Commander Washington Carr; obtained his commission 9 Nov. 1846; was appointed, 22 April, 1847, for a few months, to the Recruit 12, Capt. Adolphus Slade, on the coast of Portugal; and, since 22 June, 1848, has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.