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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Franklyn, George

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​FRANKLYN. (Lieutenant, 1807.)
George Franklyn entered the Navy, in the autumn of 1798, as A.B., on board the Eling schooner, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Peake, on the Home station; became Midshipman, in 1801, of the London 98, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and Geo. Murray, attached to the fleet in the Baltic; and after serving for some time with Capt. Otway in the Edgar 74, and again with Lieut. Peake in the Escort gun-brig, joined the Lively 33, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Geo. M‘Kinley. On 5 Oct. 1804 the latter vessel assisted at the capture of three Spanish frigates laden with treasure, and the destruction of a fourth, off Cape St. Mary; and, on 29 May, 1805, she sustained a very spirited skirmish with a Spanish 74. Mr. Franklyn, who obtained a Lieutenancy, 7 Nov. 1807, in the Royalist 18, Capt. John Maxwell, was afterwards employed on the North Sea, Mediterranean, and American stations, in the Victorious 74, Capts. G. E. Hamond and Sir John Talbot – under the latter of whom, if we mistake not, he assisted at the capture of the French 74-gun ship Rivoli. He went on half-pay in 1814; but has been in command, since 5 July, 1836, of a station in the Coast Guard.
He married, 22 Jan. 1820, Barbara, daughter of the late John Duthman, Esq. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Butler, Augustus

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​BUTLER. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Augustus Butler served for a considerable period on the East India station, as a Volunteer and Midshipman, in the Wellesley 72, under Sir Fred. Lewis Maitland, Sir Gordon Bremer, and Sir Wm. Parker. While so attached he witnessed the capture of Kurrachee from the Ameers of Scinde, and of Chusan from the Chinese, in 1839-40; accompanied Rear-Admiral Elliot up the Peiho River; took part in the celebrated attack on the Bogue Forts in Feb. 1841; served on shore and afloat throughout the operations connected with the ensuing capture of Canton; and was also employed at the taking of Amoy, the re-capture of Chusan, the storming of the fortified heights and citadel of Chinghae, and the occupation of Ningpo. Volunteering as Midshipman (on the Wellesley’s departure) into the Algerine 10, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Heriot Maitland, Mr. Butler further assisted at the capture of the city of Chapoo 18 May, 1842, and fought with the army on 16 June following in the assault on the enemy’s batteries at Woosung. He passed his examination 13 July, 1843, and was ultimately, after having officiated as Mate, on th« Home and Mediterranean stations, of the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Hibernia 104, bearing the flag of Sir Wm. Parker, promoted to the rank he now holds by commission ​dated 27 March, 1846. He has been since serving in the last-mentioned ship in the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3694.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 396.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3400.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Butler, Charles George

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​BUTLER. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 26; h-p., 14.)
Charles George Butler entered the Navy, 20 June, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Gardner, and, on removing to the Caledonia 120, bearing the flag of Lord Gambier, witnessed the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads, in April, 1809. He attained the rating of Midshipman in Nov. following; was afterwards transferred in succession, 1 May, 1811, and 7 Oct. 1814, to the Unicorn 32, and Armide 40, Capts. Geo. Burgoyne Salt and Sam. Geo. Pechell, under the former of whom he aided in capturing, 30 March, 1813, the French privateer Miquelonnaise, of 18 guns and 130 men; next joined, between Oct. 1815, and Sept. 1818, the Impregnable 104, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Josias Rowley, Conway 24, Capts. John Tancock and Edw. Barnard, in the East Indies, Iphigenia 36, Capt. J. Tancock, for passage home, and Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, on the Cork station; then became attached to the Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, under whom he was for three years employed on the Coast Blockade; and, after a further servitude in the Prince Regent yacht, Capt. Sir Michael Seymour, and Brazen 18, Capt. Wm. Shepheard, was promoted to his present rank 29 Jan. 1822. Lieut. Butler’s appointments have since been – 26 June, 1824, to the Pylades 18, Capt. Fras. Fead, on the Jamaica station, where he remained two years – 16 Dec. 1835, to the Coast Guard, in which he served upwards of six years – 23 May, 1842, to the command of the Aetna, of 8 guns, on the Home station – and, 20 June, 1844, to be Admiralty Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel, a capacity in which he is now employed.
Lieut. Butler is Senior of 1822. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Burton, Augustus John

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​BURTON. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 16; h-p., 0.)
Augustus John Burton, born 25 Dec. 1818, is son of Capt. Thos. Burton, R.N. (1810), who died early in 1843, by Catharine Jones Crutchley, grand-daughter of the late Evan Jones, Esq.; and nephew of Commander G. G. Burton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 Aug. 1831, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magicienne 24, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge, with whom he sailed for the East Indies, and there attained the rating of Midshipman, 24 March, 1834. In April, 1835, he joined the Barham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry, in the Mediterranean. He passed his examination 29 Jan. 1838; and on the night of 12 April following, a few weeks after he had been lent, as Mate, to the Rapid 10, Lieut.-Commander Hon. Graham Hay St. Vincent De Ros Kinnaird, was wrecked on a reef of rocks off Cape Bon, near Tunis. He then returned to the Barham; removed, in March, 1839, to the Winchester 50, fitting for the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey, Commander-in-Chief in North America and the West Indies; and, on 13 Nov. 1841, was promoted to be Lieutenant and Acting-Commander of the Romney 30, depot at the Havana for liberated African slaves. His appointments have since been – 18 June, 1842, to the Pilot 16, Capt. Wallace Houstoun, in which vessel he returned home and was paid off 9 May, 1843 – 21 June, 1843, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – and, 20 Jan. 1845, to the Vindictive 50, bearing the flag at present of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen on the North America and West India station.
Lieut. Burton married, 4 Feb. 1845, Helen Maria, eldest daughter of Orlando Orlebar, Esq., Lieut. R.N., grand-daughter of the late Admiral Aplin, and niece of the present Capt. J. G. Aplin, R.N. Agent – J. Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bushby, Thomas

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​BUSHBY. (Captain, 1840. f-p., 24; h-p., 19.)
Thomas Bushby is brother of the late Capt. John Bushby, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 July, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Spy 18, commanded by his brother, Capt. J. Bushby, under whom we find him for many months in continual collision with the Boulogne batteries and flotilla. From Oct. 1805, until Sept. 1808, he next served, on the Home and West and East India stations, in the Oberon 16, Capt. J. Bushby, Trusty 50, Capt. Brian Hodgson, Acasta 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, Wasp 18, Capt. John Haswell, and Monmouth 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. O’Brien Drury, with the latter of whom he appears to have been present at the surrender of Tranquebar in 1808. After an attachment, as Master’s Mate, from Sept. in that year until 16 May, 1811, to the Princess Caroline and Cressy 74’s, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Dudley Pater on the North Sea and Baltic stations, Mr. Bushby, who passed his examination in Dec. 1810, became Acting-Lieutenant of the Belette 18, Capt. David Sloan, and, on 16 Aug. following, was confirmed into the Diligence 18, Capt. Abraham Lowe, also in the Baltic. On 28 March, 1812, he next joined the Herald 20, Capt. Geo. Jackson, in the West Indies, and on 27 Nov. 1812, he was appointed to the Junon 38, Capts. Jas. Sanders and Clotworthy Upton, on the North American station. In the course of 1813 he commanded the Junon’s boats on many gallant occasions; first, on 8 Feb., when, forming part of a squadron under Lieut. Kelly Nazer, they boarded, and in the most spirited style carried, the Lottery American letter-of-marque, of 6 12-pounder carronades and 28 men, a service for which the Commander-in-Chief returned his especial thanks; a few days afterwards, at the capture of the Cora, of 8 guns and 40 men; and again, under Lieut. Philip Westphal, at the rescue, 29 July, of the Martin 18, then aground in Delaware Bay, from a powerful flotilla, consisting of two block-vessels and eight gun-boats, one of which, after a brave defence, was taken with loss. Lieut. Bushby also co-operated in the attack upon Craney Island and the capture of Hampton. He subsequently served, between 1 Oct. 1814, and 30 June, 1815, with Capt. Henry Thos. Davies, Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, and Capt. Wm. Bourchier, in the Prince Regent 56, St. Lawrence 98, and Montreal 18, on Lake Ontario; and he was thenceforward employed, in command of the Newash 6, and Sank 4, and as Superintendent of the Naval Establishment, on Lake Erie, until his return home in July, 1822, towards the close of which year, 26 Dec, he was advanced to the rank of Commander. On 28 Sept. 1832, he obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard, at Kingstown, Dublin, where he continued until Oct. 1835; and he, lastly, commanded, from 25 Jan. 1837, until placed out of commission in Aug. 1839, the Wanderer 16, employed in the active suppression of slavery on the North America and West India station. Since his promotion to Post-rank, 3 July, 1840, Capt. Bushby has been on half-pay. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Butcher, Robert

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​BUTCHER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 26; h-p., 14.)
Robert Butcher is brother of Lieut. Jonathan Butcher, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 July, 1807, as A.B., on board the Forward gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander David Shells, stationed in the Baltic. He served, as Midshipman, from Dec. following until Oct. 1811, in the Paulina brig, Capts. John Rich. Lumley and Westby Percival, in the Mediterranean; then became Second-Master of the Pylades (afterwards Carlotta) gun-brig, Lieut.Commanders Newdigate Poyntz and Rich. Howell Fleming, under the latter of whom he saw a good deal of active service on the same station; removed, in Dec. 1813, to the Rivoli 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Edw. Stirling Dickson; joined, in July, 1814, the Berwick 74, Capt. Edw. Brace; and, on returning home, in Feb. 1815, was appointed Master’s Mate of the Spey 20, Capt. Geo. Ferguson. He was advanced to his present rank 3 March following, and in Aug. of the same year was paid off. He obtained command of the Tartar Revenue-vessel 28 March, 1831; was transferred to the Coast Guard 18 March, 1834; returned to the Tartar 27 March, 1840; and since 11 July, 1842, has again been in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bury, George

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​BURY. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 20; h-p., 24.)
George Bury was born 17 Jan. 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Colossus 74, under the auspices and command of the present Sir Geo. Martin, whom he afterwards joined in the Glory and Barfleur 98’s, on the Channel station. On 22 July, 1805, he fought as Midshipman in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, and he continued in the Barfleur, under Sir Robt. Barlow and Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, until May, 1807. From that date until July, 1811, we next find him serving under the first-named officer in the Montagu 74, Queen 98, and Canopus 80, on the Mediterranean station, and, on 26 Oct. 1809, contributing to the destruction of the French line-of-battle ships Robuste and Lion. He afterwards became attached in succession, part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, to the San Josef and Caledonia, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton, Lord Keith, and Sir Edw. Pellew, Sabine 18, Capt. Westley, Impétueux 74, and Stately 64, bearing each the flag of Vice-Admiral Martin, and Severn 50, Capt. Joseph Nourse, on the Home, Mediterranean, Lisbon, and North American stations. He was promoted, 11 Jan. 1814, into the Jaseur 18, Capt. Geo. Edw. Watts, and after an intermediate and very active employment in the Chesapeake, returned home in the summer of 1814. Lieut. Bury’s next appointments were – 11 April, 1826, to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained seven years – and, in 1840, as Admiralty Agent, to the Caledonia Halifax contract mail steam-vessel. He has been on half-pay since the close of 1841.
He married, 1 May, 1826, Eliza Anne Lydia, daughter of Thos. Charleton, Esq., late Lieut.Colonel, Royal Artillery.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Butcher, Jonathan

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​BUTCHER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 39; h-p., 5.)
Jonathan Butcher, born 9 Oct. 1789, is brother of Lieut. Robt. Butcher, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1803, as a Boy, on board the Medina yacht, Capts. John Moore and Peter Baskerfield, lying off the Isle of Wight; joined the Glory 98, Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, as Midshipman, 21 June, 1805; and, on 22 July following, was present in Sir Robt. Calder’s action with the combined squadrons of France and Spain. Between Jan. and Nov. 1808, he next served, with Rear-Admirals Wm. Albany Otway and Chas. Tyler, in the Ganges 74, and Barfleur 98, and, while in the latter ship, was employed in embarking the French troops after the convention of Cintra, and in escorting from Lisbon to Spithead the first division of the Russian Rear-Admiral Seniavin’s fleet. He then joined the Africaine 38, Capt. Rich. Raggett, under whom he successively accompanied the present King of the French to Malta, and the late Lord Hill, with a convoy of transports, from Cork to Lisbon. In June, 1810, he followed Capt. Raggett into the Defiance 74, employed off Flushing, from which ship he was for some time detached on secret service, in the Alban cutter, and in the boats. He passed his examination 7 Aug. 1811; served, between Dec. 1812, and Feb. 1814, in the Argo 44, and Bedford 74, flag-ships in the West Indies of Vice-Admiral C. Stirling, and York 74, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, on the Home ​station; and afterwards, having rejoined Capt. Raggett in the Spencer 74, assisted at the capture of Castine, in Penobscot Bay. On 23 Feb. 1815, Mr. Butcher was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Clinker gun-brig, Capt. Joseph Crew Tullidge, and during the “Hundred Days” he appears to hare been employed in conveying the Duc de Douro and 200 French officers in the interests of Louis XVIII., together with 10,000 stand of arms, to the coast of France; after which he aided in quelling the riots at North and South Shields, and was paid off 5 Dec. in the same year. He subsequently served for two years in a transport at the Cape of Good Hope. He joinned the Coast Guard 22 Nov. 1822; removed, 18 Feb. 1827, to the command of the Redbreast R.C., stationed in Boston Deeps, where he remained until 11 July, 1842, during which period he seized eight vessels and acted 13 times as an Inspecting-Commander; and since the latter date has again been in charge of a station on shore.
Lieut. Butcher married, 8 Dec. 1815, Sarah Long, daughter of John Taplin, Esq., of Portsmouth, and has issue six children. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bolton, James

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​BOLTON. (Lieut., 1826. f-p., 17; h-p., 21.)
James Bolton, born 13 Oct. 1794, is first cousin of Commander Hen. Bolton.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 April, 1809, as Midshipman, on board the Reynard 10, Capt. Hew Steuart, which vessel, in Aug. following, attended the expedition to the Walcheren, where, in the attack upon Campvere, she grounded under the batteries, and was much damaged. On 23 July, 1810, having joined the Belvidera 36, Capt. Rich. Byron, Mr. Bolton served in the boats of that ship at the cutting out and destruction, after a smart action, of three Danish armed vessels, on the coast of Norway; and, on 23 June, 1812, he was present in her celebrated escape from a powerful squadron under the American Commodore Rodgers, who, in a long running fight, had occasioned her a loss of 2 men killed and 22 wounded. He was subsequently employed, as Mate and Admiralty Midshipman, in the Stag 36, and Spartan 38, both commanded by Capt. Phipps Hornby, at the Cape of Good Hope and in the Mediterranean; Severn 50, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, under whom he was hotly engaged in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816; Ramillies 74, Capt. Thos. Boys; again, from Sept. 1818, until April, 1821, in the Severn, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, lying in the Downs; Sappho 18, Capts. Wm. Hen. Bruce and Hon. Hen. John Rous, on the Irish station; from March, 1822, till July, 1824, in the Hind 20, Capts. Rous and Lord John Churchill, in the Mediterranean; Albion 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, guard-ship at Portsmouth; and Britannia 120, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Sir Jas. Saumarez. Having passed his examination in March, 1815, Mr. Bolton was at length presented with a commission, 27 March, 1826. He has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bonham, Charles Wright

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​BONHAM. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Charles Wright Bonham entered the Navy, from the R.N. College, 21 June, 1832; passed his examination 6 Sept. 1837; served for some time in South America as Mate of the Action 26, Capt. Robt. Russell, and at Portsmouth, on board the St. Vincent 120, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 June, 1843. His next appointments were – on 1 Aug. following, to the Volage 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, employed on Particular Service – on 17 Oct. in the same year, as Additional, to the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir Wm. Parker – and, 30 July, 1844, to the Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Hen. Keppel, with whom he returned home and was paid off in 1845. Mr. Bonham, since 2 Nov. 1846, has been borne on the books of the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bolton, Henry

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​BOLTON. (Commander, 1829. f-p., 21; h-p., 17.)
Henry Bolton, born in July, 1796, is first cousin of Lieut. Jas. Bolton, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 March, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Victorious 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and John Talbot. Under the former officer he assisted at the reduction of Flushing, in Aug. 1809, where he was frequently exposed to the fire of the batteries; and, under Capt. Talbot, he was constantly employed on gunboat service in the Faro of Messina during the expected invasion of Sicily by Murat in the summer of 1810. He was also present, as Midshipman, at the memorable capture, 22 Feb. 1812, of the French 74-gun ship Rivoli, after a desperate conflict of four hours and a half, in which the enemy had 400 men with most of their officers killed and wounded, and the Victorious 27 killed and, including Mr. Bolton, 99 wounded. In 1813 we find the subject of this memoir engaged on many boat expeditions up the Chesapeake, and in 1814-15 cruizing off the Western Islands, in the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres. He passed his examination in April of the latter year; then joined the Opossum 10, Capt. Lord John Hay, employed on the coast of France during the Hundred Days; was made Lieutenant, 14 July, 1818, into the Blossom 24, Capts. Fred. Hickey and Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon, on the South American station, whence he returned in July, 1820; afterwards joined, in Feb. 1827, the Thetis 46, Capt. Arth. Batt Bingham, one of the ships employed on the Brazilian coast during the Spanish Revolution; obtained his present rank 26 Aug. 1829; quitted the Thetis in Aug. 1830; and afterwards, from 20 March, 1832, to April, 1835, and from 11 July, 1837, to July, 1840, filled the situation of Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard at Donaghadee and Waterford. He has since been unemployed.
Commander Bolton married, in 1839, Ann, only daughter of the late Wm. Kearney, Esq., of Waterford.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Booth, James Richard

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​BOOTH. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 25; h-p., 17.)
James Richard Booth is son of an old Purser in the Royal Navy.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 Aug. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the London 98, Capts. Robt. Barlow, Robt. Rolles, Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Edw. Oliver Osborn, and Thos. Western, under whom he successively served until Jan. 1809. During that period he contributed, as Midshipman, in company with the Amazon 38, to the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, with Admiral Linois on board, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, after a long running fight, in which the London sustained a loss of 10 killed and 22 wounded; and in 1807-8 he assisted, under Capt. Western, in escorting the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils. He next removed to the Hyacinth sloop, Capt. John Carter, on the South American station; served, from May, 1811, till 2 Feb. 1813, as Master’s-Mate, in the Laurestinus and Orlando frigates, Capt. John Clavell, off the Western Islands and in the Mediterranean; then became (having passed his examination in Nov. 1811) Acting-Lieutenant of the Kite 16, Capts. Geo. Canning, Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and Rowland Mainwaring; invalided home from the Mediterranean, in consequence of wounds received in action with pirates, 20 Oct. 1813; and, on 30 Dec. following, obtained as a reward his first Admiralty commission. As Lieutenant, Mr. Booth’s appointments were – 5 Aug. 1814, to the Foxhound 14, Capts. John Parish and Thos. Warrand, on the Home station, which vessel was paid off in Sept. 1815 – 17 Jan. 1818, to the Favourite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson, with whom he cruized off St. Helena and the coast of South America – 3 Jan. 1821, to the Drake 10, Capt. Chas. Adolphus Baker, employed off Newfoundland – 20 Jan. 1823, to the Trinculo 18, Capts. Rodney Shannon and Robt. Patten, on the Cork station – and, 10 Jan. 1827, to the Menai 26, Capts. Michael Seymour and Thos. Bourchier, employed in South America. He was promoted to the rank he now holds, on the latter ship being paid off, 8 Dec. 1829; obtained command of the Trinculo 18, on the coast of Africa, 14 April, 1832; and, after the usual period of three years, during which he captured several slavers, and performed many valuable services against the Caffres, was superseded in Aug. 1835. His next appointment was, 25 June, 1846, to the Columbine 16, during the passage of which vessel to the East Indies he was elevated to Post-rank by commission dated 9 Nov. in the same year. Capt. Booth is now on half-pay. Agents – Collier and Snee.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bond, Dyer

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​BOND. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p., 14; h-p., 38.)
Dyer Bond entered the Navy, in 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, under whom he served for four years in the Mediterranean and Channel, and fought in the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. He next became attached in succession to the Foudroyant, Vanguard, and Robust, line-of-battle ships, commanded by Capt. Wm. Brown, on the former stations; removed, for a short time, in 1801, to the Castor 32, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, employed off Guernsey and Lisbon; then rejoined Capt. Brown in the Hussar 38, on the Irish station; was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 April, 1802; and in the following year, while serving with Capt. Brown in the Romney 50, visited the coast of Africa and the West Indies. He afterwards, from 1805 to 1808, held an appointment in the Sea-Fencibles at Chatham, and in 1815-16 had charge of a Telegraph station. Commander Bond, who does not appear to have been further employed, accepted his present rank 25 March, 1834. Agent – J. Hinxman.