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# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chang Shao

​101 Chang Shao 張邵 (T. 元伯) A man of the Han dynasty, famous for his friendship with one 范式 Fan Shih. On one occasion, they arranged to meet again on a certain day, after an interval of two years; and Chang insisted on his mother cooking a fowl in readiness for his friend, who arrived at the appointed time. When Chang died, he appeared in a dream to Fan, who at once set off to be present at his obsequies. The funeral, however, had already been planned to take place before his arrival; but when the procession came to start, it was found that the coffin was immovable. And so it remained, until Fan rode up on a white horse, dressed in mourning clothes.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chang Ming

​91Chang Ming 章明. Died A.D. 9. A Minister of State under the Han dynasty. When the usurper Wang Mang seized the throne, Chang Ming said "One man cannot serve two masters," and forthwith committed suicide.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chang P'ei

​93 Chang P'ei 張伾. 8th cent. A.D. An Imperialist officer, famous for his defence of 臨洺 Lin-ming against T'ien Yüeh in 781. When his funds were exhausted and his men starving, he made his daughter appear in full dress before his officers, offering to sell her to procure them a day's pay. Touched by his devotion, they held out until Ma Sui came to their relief, when they inflicted a crushing defeat on the besiegers.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chang P'ei-lun

​94 Chang P'ei-lun 張佩綸 (T. 幼樵) Born about AD 1850. A native of the 豐潤 Fêng-jun District in the province of Chihli. Graduated as chin shih in 1871. In 1878 he became a Reader in the Han-lin College, and submitted numerous memorials on reforms in the administration. In 1882 he became Senior Vice President of the Censorate. He was one of the chief promoters of the K'ai-p'ing railway. In 1884 he boasted that he would soon dispose of the French, who were then carrying on a state of reprisals, if the chance were given to him. Accordingly, he was sent as Joint Military Commissioner to superintend the coast defences of Fuhkien: but his craven cowardice at the bombardment of the Mamoi arsenal at Pagoda Island, when the Chinese fleet was destroyed, caused him to be impeached by forty of the Fuhkien officials. He was disgraced and banished to the postroads: however in 1888 he was appointed a sub-Chancellor of the Grand Secretariat, and married Li Hung-chang's only daughter. In 1894 he was ordered to report himself at his father-in-law's yamên, where he was employed as head of the Ordnance Department until September of that year, when he was instructed to return home and stay there.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, George (a)

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​BAKER. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 16; h-p., 23.)
George Baker, born 3 May, 1795, in London, is third son of the late Sir Robt. Baker, of Montague Place, Russell Square, formerly Chief Magistrate of Bow Street, and Treasurer of the County of Middlesex, by Harriet, fourth daughter of Anthony Aufrère, Esq., of Hoveton Hall co. Norfolk, and niece, maternally, of John Norris, Esq., of Wilton Place, in the same county, founder of the Norrisian Professorship at Cambridge. Commander Baker, who has two brothers in the Hon. E.I.C.’s army, is cousin of Hon. Capt. Wodehouse, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Aug. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker, with whom, until Feb. 1812, he was actively employed, the last two years as Midshipman, in blockading the French ports in the Bay of Biscay, and in co-operating with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He was then transferred to the Northumberland 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, and, on 22 of the following May, assisted at the destruction, after a gallant engagement of some hours, in which the British sustained a loss of 5 men killed and 28 wounded, of the two French 44-gun frigates Arienne and Andromaque and 18-gun brig Mameluke, under a galling fire from the batteries at the entrance of L’Orient. From Jan. 1813, until the receipt of his first commission, which bears date 7 March, 1815, Mr. Baker further served, chiefly as Master’s Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Pembroke 74, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship of Sir Harry Neale, Salvador Del Mundo first-rate, Capt. Jas. Nash, Vengeur 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, Superb 74, bearing the flag of Hon. H. Hotham, Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, Superb again, and Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll. He served during that period on the Home and North America stations, and was present in the Superb off the coast of France on the occasion of Buonaparte’s surrender after the battle of Waterloo, to whom, in common with the other officers of the ship, when visited by the Emperor, he had the honour of being introduced. His next appointments were – 20 Nov. 1818, to the Dauntless 20, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner – and, 11 May, 1320, as First Lieutenant, to the Leander 50, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, both on the East India station, whence he returned to England in July, 1822. He subsequently held a command in the Coast Guard from 6 July, 1836, to 5 July, 1839; and on 18 Dec. 1841, was appointed to the Lily 16, in which sloop he sailed for the Cape station, and had the good fortune, in March, ​1843, while cruizing in the Mozambique Channel, to effect the destruction of a celebrated armed slaver, and the capture of two others. Since 2 Jan. 1844, the date of his being paid off, Capt. Baker has been on half-pay. His promotion to his present rank took place 9 Nov. 1846.
He married, 17 Jan. 1827, Elizabeth Octavia, fourth daughter of the late Wm. Harding, Esq., of Baraset House, co. Warwick, and has issue two sons and four daughters. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, Henry

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​BAKER. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
Henry Baker entered the Navy, 31 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Virginie 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, stationed in the North Sea, where he removed, 11 Aug. 1804, as Midshipman, to the Cleopatra, of 38 guns and 200 men, Capt. Sir Robt. Laurie. On 17 Feb. 1805, the latter ship was captured, after a brilliant and self-sought action of nearly three hours, and a loss of 20 killed and 38 wounded, by La Ville de Milan, of 46 guns and 350 men, 10 of whom appear to have been slain. The French ship, however, was herself taken with her prize on the 23rd of the same month, by the Leander 50, Capt. John Talbot; and being added to the British Navy as the 38-gun frigate Milan, was commissioned by Sir Robt. Laurie, under whose orders Mr. Baker continued to serve, as Master’s Mate and Lieutenant – his commission bearing date 31 Oct. 1809 – until Aug. 1810. From 2 Nov. following until advanced to his present rank, 15 June, 1814, he was next employed, latterly as Senior Lieutenant, in the Ethalion 42, Capts. Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Dobbie, on the Baltic and Cork stations. Since the latter date he has not been afloat.
Commander Baker married, 4 June, 1830, Henrietta Margaret, relict of the late Lieut.-Col. Digby, of Bath.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, Gustavus Spicker

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​BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1824. f-p., 32; h-p., 5.)
Gustavus Spicker Baker, born 25 July, 1796, is brother of Lieut. Chas. Henry Baker, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Unicorn 32, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, and assisted in blockading the French ports in the Bay of Biscay. During the whole of the American war he was, very actively employed with the same officer, as Midshipman, in the Acasta 40. Until Sept. 1823, he afterwards served on the Home, East India, South America, Mediterranean, and West India stations, on board the Namur 74, Towey 24, Grasshopper 18, Vengeur and Genoa 74’s, Eden 28, and Gloucester 74, Capts. Geo. M‘Kinley, Houston Stewart, Wm. Hill, David Buchan, Fred. Lewis Maitland, Sir Thos. Livingstone, John Lawrence, and Jas. Lillicrap. He then (having passed his examination in Sept. 1816) became Acting-Lieutenant of the Tyne 28, Capt. John Walter Roberts; and on being officially promoted, 12 Jan. 1824, was placed on half-pay. He subsequently held the temporary command of a Falmouth packet; and from 21 May, 1829, until 1831, was employed in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colby. Since 31 March in the latter year he has served uninterruptedly in the Coast Guard. We should not omit to mention that, in March, 1830, while in discharge of his duty, Lieut. Baker encountered a band of smugglers, and, in a desperate conflict which ensued, received several very severe wounds on the head and in different parts of the body; and that his conduct on the occasion was reported in the most flattering terms to the Admiralty. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, Charles Henry

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​BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Charles Henry Baker is brother of Lieut. Gustavus Spicker Baker, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1817; and obtained his commission 9 Nov. 1827. He was subsequently appointed, – 26 July, 1828, as First Lieutenant, to the Meteor bomb, Capt. David Hope, employed for some time in blockading the port of Tangier – 4 Feb. 1830, as a Supernumerary-Lieutenant to the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, in the Mediterranean – in May following, to the Samarang 28, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, on the same station – 20 Feb. 1833, to the Coast Guard – 13 June, 1839, and 6 Oct. 1840, to the successive command of the Fox and Stork Revenue cruizers – 9 Aug. 1842, to the Coast Guard again – 28 Jan. 1843, to the Harpy, another Revenue-vessel – and, 29 Jan. 1846, to the Vulcan steamer, also in the service of the Revenue, which he still commands.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, Charles Hougham

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​BAKER. (Commander, 1846. f-p., 13; h-p., 8.)
Charles Hougham Baker is son of the late Rev. Chas. Baker, Vicar of Tilmerstone, co. Kent; nephew of the late Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B. {whom see); and brother-in-law of Commander John Goodrich Dick, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1826, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gloucester 74, Capt. Joshua Sydney Horton, on the Home station; removed the year following, as Midshipman, to the Ocean 80, Commodore Patrick Campbell, employed after the battle of Navarin in blockading that port; next joined in succession, the Glasgow 50, Capt. Jas. Ashley Maude, on the same station, and the Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clements, fitting for the West Indies; and from 1829 until 1833, in March of which year he passed his examination, was borne on the books of the Warspite 76, flag-ship of his uncle, Sir T. Baker, Commander-in-Chief in South America. For two years of the latter period, however he was lent to the Tribune 42, Capt. John Alex. Duntze nd in that ship he was present at the blockade of Callao and the capture of the Peruvian corvette Libertad, laden with dollars for the payment of the Colombians. Pxior to rejoimng the Warspite Mr. Baker was also for some tme emplolyed in the Adelaide schooner, at Cape Frio, for the purpose of recovering the treasure.lost in H.M.S. Thetis. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 March, 1833; served from 30 May 1834, until paid off in June, 1838, on board the Thalia 46, Capt. Robt. Wauchope, stationed on the coast of Africa, where he assisted at the capture of three slavers; and on 10 April, 1839, was appointed to the Druid 44, Capts. Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill and Henry Smith. While participating, under the latter officer, in the subsequent operations of the Chinese campaign, he served in the boats at the capture of the barrier-fortifications at Macao, 19 Aug. 1840; also at the reduction of Tycocktow and capture of the Bogue forts, 7 Jan. and 26 Feb. 1841; and on many occasions was actively engaged in watching fire-rafts and otherwise. Lieut. Baker invalided home in the spring of 1841, in consequence of ill-health, produced by the effects of the climate, on board the Melville 72, Capt. Rich. Saunders Dundas; and was advanced to the Rank of Commander 9 Nov. 1846. Agents- Goode and Lawrence.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, Horace Mann

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​BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Horace Mann Baker is second son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Baker, K.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy 29 March, 1829; passed his examination 31 Jan. 1840; and was then appointed Mate of the Alligator 26, Capt. Alex. Leopold Kuper. During the operations on the coast of China, he landed at the storming, 27 Feb. 1841, of the enemy’s works close to Whampoa Reach, where 54 pieces of cannon were taken; assisted at the first capture of Canton; was officially mentioned for the activity with which, when in partial command of the Alligator boats, he aided in towing clear of that vessel a body of fire-rafts sent by the Chinese to effect her destruction; and, on 26 May, was again employed in the boats at the demolition of the line of defences extending about two miles from the British factory at Canton. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (while serving in the Tweed 20, Capt. Hugh Donald Cameron Douglas) by commission dated 8 Oct. 1841; and since 17 June, 1842, has been employed, in North America and the West Indies, on board the Pique 36, Capt. Hon. Montagu Stopford.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bake, John Walland

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​BAKE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
John Walland Bake entered the Navy, 8 April, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Avon 18, Capt. Fras. Jackson Snell, employed off Lisbon and Cadiz; became Midshipman, in Dec. 1806, of the Glatton 50, Capts. Thos. Secombe, John Clavell, Henry Hope, and Geo. Miller Bligh, on the Mediterranean station; removed in Aug. 1809, to the Cretan brig, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne, in the North Sea, where he witnessed the capture, 28 Oct. 1810, of the privateer Neptune, of 5 guns and 24 men; and afterwards served, from June, 1812, until May, 1815, in the Teazer gun-brig and Racer schooner, both commanded by Lieut. John Julian, in the Channel and off the north coast of Spain, Salvador Del Mundo first-rate, bearing the flag at Plymouth of Vice-Admiral Wm. Domett, and Queen 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, in the Mediterranean. Mr. Bake, whose commission bears date 4 Feb. 1815, left the Queen in the following May, and has not since been employed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, George (b)

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​BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1844. f-p., 17; h-p., 1.)
George Baker entered the Navy 7 March, 1829; passed his examination 31 March, 1837; served as Mate, from 1838 until 1843, of the Partridge 10, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Morris and John Thos. Nott, in South America; then joined the Alfred 50, Commodore John Brett Purvis, on the same station; and obtained his commission 15 March, 1844. He was reappointed to the Alfred 8 May following; and since 16 March, 1846, has been attached to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, part of the Channel squadron.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jager, Thomas

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​JAGER. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p., 21; h-p., 28.)
Thomas Jager entered the Navy, 2 Nov. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Southampton 32, Capt. John Harvey, stationed in the West Indies, whence, after assisting as Master’s Mate at the reduction of the Virgin Islands, he returned to England with the same Captain in 1801 in the Amphitrite. He then joined in succession the Iris 32, Capts. Hon. Philip Wodehouse and David Atkins, and Resistance 36, Capt. Hon. P. Wodehouse; and on the latter ship being wrecked off Cape St. Vincent, 31 May, 1803, he further served, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1807, on board the Termagant 18, Capt. Robt. Pettet (by whom he was employed at the cutting out, near Bastia, of the national armed xebec Podesta), Guerrier, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Knight (during his attachment to which ship he shared, in 1805, in some gun-boat service at Gibraltar), Eurydice frigate, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, and Dreadnought 98, Capt. Wm. Lechmere. His succeeding appointments were, on the Home and North American stations, to the Hesper, Capt. Geo. Acklom Barracouta, Capt. Geo. Harris, Agincourt 64, armée en flûte, Capt. Wm. Kent, Laurestinus 24, Capt. Thos. Graham, Nymphen 36, Capt. Matthew Smith, and Statira 38, Capt. Spehnan Swaine Among the above ships the Agincourt formed part of the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809; and the Laurestinus and Statira were each wrecked; the former (after having served in the Chesapeake, and witnessed the attack upon Crany Island, &c.) off the Silver Keys, Bahama Islands, 22 Oct. 1813; and the latter on a sunken rock, off the island of Cuba, 26 Feb. 1815. In June and Aug. 1816 Lieut. Jager successively assumed command of the Hawke and Tiger Revenue-vessels. He was superseded from the Tiger in June, 1819, and was lastly employed in the Coast Blockade, as ​Supernumerary-Lieutenant, from June, 1828, to March, 1831, of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. His present rank was conferred on him 19 July, 1842.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/James, Thomas Edward

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​JAMES. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 21; h-p., 20.)
Thomas Edward James entered the Navy, 3 April, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hibernia 120, Capt. Tristram Robt. Bicketts, in which ship he served under the flags of Earl St. Vincent, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and Sir Chas. Cotton, on the Channel, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, until Nov. 1810 – nearly the whole time in the capacity of Midshipman. He had an opportunity, therefore of witnessing, while with Sir W. S. Smith, the departure of the Royal Family of Portugal for the Brazils in 1807. In Dec. 1810, after he had further served for a short time with Sir Chas. Cotton in the San Josef 110, he joined the Nautilus 18, Capt. Thos. Bench, under whom, during a continued employment of nearly four years in the Mediterranean, he participated, among other performances, in the capture of three armed vessels, carrying in the whole 23 guns and 235 men. From Nov. 1814 until Aug. 1815 Mr. James, whose commission bears date 20 Feb. in the latter year, served in the North Sea and Channel as Master’s Mate of the Alert sloop, Capt. Joseph Gulston Garland. His subsequent appointments were – 26 Oct. 1820, to the Lee sloop, Capt. Stewart Blacker, lying at Plymouth – 17 Jan. and 22 March, 1822, to the Cyrené and Arab, Capts. Percy Grace and Wm. Holmes, from the latter of which vessels he was superseded at his own request – and, 1 July, 1834, to the Coast Guard. He left that service in 1844, and has since been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jago, John Sampson

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​JAGO. (Lieutenant, 1816. f-p., 10; h-p., 30.)
John Sampson Jago entered the Navy, 20 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indefatigable 44, Capts. John Tremayne Redd, Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, and John Broughton, in which ship, after witnessing Lord Cochrane’s destruction of the French shipping in the Basque Roads, he proceeded with convoy to China. In July, 1812, having returned home, he accompanied Capt. Broughton into the Cornwall 74, commanded subsequently by Sir Edw. Tucker; with whom, and with Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, he served, from March, 1813, until Oct. 1815, on board the Inconstant 36, on the Brazilian and Portsmouth stations. He shortly afterwards joined the Boyne 98, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth; and, on being transferred with that gallant Admiral to the Queen Charlotte 100, he shared as Acting-Lieutenant, and was slightly wounded, in the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. He was in consequence confirmed in his present rank by commission dated on 5 of the ensuing Sept.; but he has not been since employed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/James, Horatio

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​JAMES. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 24; h-p., 19.)
Horatio James entered the Navy, 28 Dec. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Jason 32, Capts. Wm. Burgundy Champain and Thos. John Cochrane; under the former of whom he assisted at the capture, 13 Oct. 1805, near Tobago, of the Naïade corvette of 16 guns, 4 swivels, and 170 men. Under Capt. Cochrane he was present as Midshipman off the coast of Surinam at the capture, 27 Jan. 1807, of La Favorite French national ship of 29 guns and 150 men; and in the course of the next Dec. he witnessed the surrender of the Danish West India islands. In the autumn of 1808, shortly after his removal with the same Captain to the Ethalion 38, he further served in an action with the French 40-gun frigate Amphitrite, as he did, in 1809, at the reduction of Martinique and the Saintes. The 19 months which immediately preceded his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 21 March, 1812, were employed by Mr. James on the Home and Brazilian stations in the Donegal, Marlborough, and Poictiers 74’s, Capts. Pulteney Malcolm, Graham Moore, and John Poo Beresford, and Foudroyant 80, flagship of Hon. Michael De Courcy. His subsequent appointments were – 21 April, 1813, to the Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Jas. Bissett and Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, employed in the Channel and Mediterranean – 29 March, 1814, as Senior, to the Saracen sloop, Capts. John Harper and Alex. Dixie, in which he proceeded from the Adriatic to the Chesapeake – 22 Aug. 1815, to the Antelope 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral John Harvey in the West Indies – 9 Sept. 1822, to the Eden, Capt. John Lawrence, on particular service – 12 Nov. 1823, to the Surinam 18, Capt. Chas. Crole, again on the West India station – 29 May, 1828, to the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – and 22 July, 1830, 15 June, 1831, and 27 Aug. 1834, to the command of the Surly cutter. Viper schooner, and Tartarus steam-vessel. Commander James, who has not been afloat since he was paid off in the early part of 1837, assumed his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. He is married and has issue. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/James, Thomas

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​JAMES. (Lieutenant, 1821, f-p., 22; h-p., 13.)
Thomas James is son of the late John James, Esq., of Truro, Cornwall.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 May, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barham 74, Capt. John Wm. Spranger, stationed in the North Sea; and from the following Nov. until the conclusion of the war was employed in the Channel and West Indies, the latter part of the time as Midshipman, in the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm. He next served for six years on the African station in the Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, Podargus 14, Capts. Jas. Wallis, Henry John Rous, and Jas. Cairnes, Racoon 26, Capt. Jas. Wallis, Myrmidon 20, Capt. Henry J. Lake, Tartar 42, Commodore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier and Pheasant 18, Capt. Benedictus Marwood Kelly. In Sept. 1821, after having acted ​for six months as Lieutenant of the latter vessel, he took up a commission dated 28 of the previous April. His appointments have since been – 3 May, to the Coast Guard – 24 July, 1833, to the command of the Pigeon Falmouth packet – 25 Jan. 1843 (after a few months of half-pay), Agent in a contract mail steam-vessel – and, 26 June, 1846, to the command of the Express brig, in which he is again employed on the Falmouth station.
He married, in 1833, Emma, daughter of the late H. P. Andrews, Esq., of Bordean, Cornwall, by whom he has issue. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.