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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/A’Court, Edward Henry

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​A’COURT. (Captain, 1811. f-p., 17; h-p., 34.)
Edward Henry A’Court, born 10 Dec. 1783, is second son of the late Col. Sir Wm. Pierce Ashe A’Court, Bart., M.P., by his second wife, Letitia, daughter of Henry Wyndham, Esq., of Salisbury; brother of Lord Heytesbury, late Viceroy of Ireland, and of Col. Chas. Ashe A’Court, K.H., one of the Poor-law Commissioners; brother-in-law of the Earl of St. Germans, and of the Hon. Philip Pleydell Bouverie, the brother of the Earl of Radnor and of Rear-Admiral Bouverie; and uncle of the Hon. W. H. A. A. Holmes, M.P. for the Isle of Wight.
This officer entered the Royal Naval Academy in Jan. 1796, and embarked, in Jan. 1800, as Midshipman, on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Chas. Cunningham. After serving for some time in the Channel and off the Western Islands, he became successively attached to the Endymion 40, Capt. Henry Garrett, lying at Portsmouth – Falcon sloop, Capt. Henry Manaton Ommanney, off Newfoundland – and Pluto, Capt. Henry Barwell, on the same station. In Jan. 1803, he was appointed Master’s Mate of the Isis 50, Capt. Wm. GrenviUe Lobb, in the North Sea – then, of the Britannia 100, Capt. Lord Northesk, at Portsmouth – and, in June of the same year, of the Blanche 36, Capt. Zachary Mudge. In Nov. following he acquired great distinction by a gallant exploit off St. Domingo, where, in command of a boat with only five hands, he succeeded, after a severe struggle, in capturing a French schooner, with a detachment on board, besides other passengers, of between thirty and forty soldiers. Being shortly after that event appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Theseus 74, Capts. John Bligh and Edw. Hawker, the subject of this memoir, in conjunction with Lieut. Rich. Henry Muddle, took command, 31 Jan. 1804, of a body of seamen who were landed at Curaçoa, and participated in the gallant but unsuccessful attack on that island. His promotion meeting with official sanction 13 Feb. following, he subsequently joined, 9 Oct. 1805, 15 July, 1806, and 21 Jan. 1808, the Mediator 44, Capts. John Seaton and Wm. Furlong Wise, Veteran 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Daeres, and, as Lieut.-Commander, the Sandwich schooner – all on the Jamaica station, where he was confirmed in the command, 10 June, 1808, of the Shark sloop. In Oct. of the same year he removed to the Pelican 18; and in Oct. 1810, he next joined the Harpy 18, at the ​Cape of Good Hope; whence, on his advancement to Post-rank, 29 March, 1811, he returned home in temporary command of the Owen Glendower 36. He afterwards officiated as Captain, from Feb. 1813 to Sept. 1815, of the Perseus 22 on the Mediterranean, Newfoundland, and Halifax stations. Since the latter date, with the exception of a brief command, in 1835, of the Jupiter 38, he has been unemployed.
Capt. A’Court, in 1820, was returned to Parliament as member for Heytesbury, which he continued to represent until 1831. He has sat, since 1837, for the borough of Tamworth, in conjunction with Sir Robert Peel. On 30 Nov. 1841, he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bacon, Edmund Ker Cranstoun

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​BACON. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 19 h-p., 35.)
Edmund Ker Cranstoun Bacon entered the Navy, 23 April, 1793, as Midshipman, on board the Raisonnable 64, Capt. Lord Cranstoun, in which ship he served off the coasts of France and Spain, the Canary and Western Islands, and on the Irish station, until transferred, in Nov. 1794, with the same Captain, to the Bellerophon 74, one of the Hon. Wm. Cornwallis' squadron in his subsequent pursuit of the force under M. Vence into Belleisle of the 7th, and in his memorable retreat of the 16 and 17 June, 1795. In Sept. 1796, he joined the Duke 98, Capt. John Holloway, and, after serving for some time also in the Royal Soveriegn, flagship in the Channel of Sir Alan Gardner, was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 25 Aug. 1799, in the Reynard 20, Capt. Peter Spicer, under whom he continued to serve in the Channel until Sept. 1801. His subsequent appointments appear to have been – 28 April, 1804, to the Charles armed ship, Capt. Davis, in the North Sea – 7 Oct. 1805, to the Saturn 74, Capt. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, cruising off Cadiz and L'Orient – 20 April, 1809, to the Royal Oak 74, commanded by the same nobleman, whom he accompanied in the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren – 17 Oct. 1810, to the Africa 64, flag-ship at Halifax of Rear-Admiral Herbert Sawyer – 21 Dec. 1811, to be Agent for Prisoners of War at Bermuda – and, 11 Nov. 1813, and 1 Feb. 1814, to the successive command of the Ardent and Romulus, on the same station. He was placed on half-pay in Nov. 1814; accepted, 26 Nov. 1830, the rank of Retired Commander under the Order in Council of that year; and, on 22 Jan. 1844, was promoted to the list of 1816. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bague, George

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​BAGUE. (Retired Commander, 1837. f-p., 20; h-p., 29.)
George Bague entered the Navy, 15 June, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Haerlem armée en flûte, Capt. Geo. Burlton, and afterwards assisted, as Midshipman, in cutting out the Prima galley from the Mole of Genoa, and in various operations on the coast of Egypt. Between March, 1801, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 8 March, 1805, he next served in the African and Success, both likewise commanded by Capt. Burlton, in the Mediterranean, Galatea and Aigle frigates, Capt. Geo. Wolfe, on the Home station, and, as Master’s Mate, in the Ville de Paris 110, flag-ship in the Channel of the Hon. Wm. Cornwallis. He then joined the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, and subsequently to the blockade of Cadiz was present and slightly wounded in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. His appointments were afterwards – 12 Nov. 1805, to the Bittern 18, Capts. John Louis and Edw. Augustus Down, while commanding the boats of which vessel during a series of very active operations in the Mediterranean, he was again wounded – 2 March, 1808, as First Lieutenant, to the Delight 16, Capt. John Brett Purvis, cruising between Malta and Gibraltar – 15 Dec. 1809, in the same capacity, to the Leonidas 38, Capt. Anselm John Griffiths, under whom, after contributing to the reduction of Santa Maura in April, 1810, and commanding a division of gun-boats at the defence of Scylla, he proceeded to the East Indies – 1 March, l&ll, and 13 Nov. 1812, also as Senior, to the Actaeon brig, Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, and Iphigenia 36, Capts. Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew and Andrew King, on the latter and Mediterranean stations – 24 Sept. 1813, to the Repulse 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, off Toulon – 23 Jan. 1814, to the Boyne 98, Capt. Geo. Burlton, with whom he was present in a severe and gallant action with the French 74-gun ship Romulus, under the batteries of Cape Brun and Cape Sepet, 13 Feb. following, and, as Senior Lieutenant, at the ensuing fall of Genoa – 14 Nov. 1814, again as First, to the Cornwallis 74, bearing the flag of his friend Sir Geo. Burlton, in the East Indies, whence he returned to England and was paid off, 26 Nov. 1816 – and, lastly, 15 Jan. 1819, to the Active 38, Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, on the Halifax and Mediterranean stations. Having been on half-pay since 1821, he at length accepted the rank he now holds 13 July, 1837.
Commander Bague is a Magistrate for the co. of Middlesex. He married, 2 Dec. 1821, Miss Yarrow. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Moral Alphabet/T for Tourist

T FOR THE GENIAL TOURIST,
who resides
In Peckham, where he writes Italian Guides.
MORAL:
Learn from this information not to cavil
At slight mistakes in books on foreign travel.
# A Moral Alphabet/U for Upas Tree

U FOR THE UPAS TREE
that casts a blight
On those that pull their sisters' hair, and fight.
But oh! the Good! They wander undismayed,
And (as the Subtle Artist has portrayed)
Dispend the golden hours at play beneath its shade.
(A friend of mine, a Botanist, believes
That Good can even browse upon its leaves,
I doubt it....)
MORAL:
Dear Reader, if you chance to catch a sight
Of Upas Trees, betake yourself to flight.
# A Moral Alphabet/V for Volunteer

V
for the unobtrusive volunteer,
Who fills the Armies of the World with fear.
MORAL:
Seek with the Volunteer to put aside
The empty Pomp of Military Pride.
# A Moral Alphabet/X for Nothing Important

No reasonable little Child expects
A Grown-up Man to make a rhyme on
X
MORAL:
These verses teach a clever child to find
Excuse for doing all that he's inclined.
# A Moral Alphabet/Q for Quinine

Q FOR QUININE,
which children take
With Jam and little bits of cake.
MORAL:
How idiotic! Can Quinine
Replace Cold Baths and Sound Hygiene?
# A Moral Alphabet/R for Reviewer

R THE REVIEWER,
reviewing my book,
At which he had barely intended to look;
But the very first lines upon "A" were enough
To convince him the Verses were excellent stuff.
So he wrote, without stopping, for several days
In terms of extreme, but well-merited Praise.
To quote but one Passage: "No Person" (says he),
"Will be really content without purchasing three,
"While a Parent will send for a dozen or more,
"And strew them about on the Nursery Floor.
"The Versification might call for some strictures
"Were it not for its singular wit; while the Pictures,
"Tho' the handling of line is a little defective,
"Make up amply in verve what they lack in perspective."
MORAL:
The habit of constantly telling the Truth
Will lend an additional lustre to Youth.
# A Moral Alphabet/S for Snail

S STANDS FOR SNAIL,
who, though he be the least,
Is not an uninstructive Horned Beast.
His eyes are on his Horns, and when you shout
Or tickle them, the Horns go in and out.
Had Providence seen proper to endow
The furious Unicorn or sober Cow
With such a gift the one would never now
Appear so commonplace on Coats of Arms.
And what a fortune for our failing farms
If circus managers, with wealth untold,
Would take the Cows for half their weight in gold
MORAL:
Learn from the Snail to take reproof with patience,
And not put out your Horns on all occasions.
# A Moral Alphabet/P for Pig

P STANDS FOR PIG,
as I remarked before,
A second cousin to the Huge Wild Boar.
But Pigs are civilized, while Huge Wild Boars
Live savagely, at random, out of doors,
And, in their coarse contempt for dainty foods,
Subsist on Truffles, which they find in woods.
Not so the cultivated Pig, who feels
The need of several courses at his meals,
But wrongly thinks it does not matter whether
He takes them one by one or all together.
Hence, Pigs devour, from lack of self-respect,
What Epicures would certainly reject.
MORAL:
Learn from the Pig to take whatever Fate
Or Elder Persons heap upon your plate.
# A Moral Alphabet/O for Oxford

O STANDS FOR OXFORD.
Hail! salubrious seat
Of learning! Academical Retreat!
Home of my Middle Age! Malarial Spot
Which People call Medeeval (though it's not).
The marshes in the neighbourhood can vie
With Cambridge, but the town itself is dry,
And serves to make a kind of Fold or Pen
Wherein to herd a lot of Learned Men.
Were I to write but half of what they know,
It would exhaust the space reserved for "O";
And, as my book must not be over big,
I turn at once to "P," which stands for Pig.
MORAL:
Be taught by this to speak with moderation
Of places where, with decent application,
One gets a good, sound, middle-class education.
# A Moral Alphabet/W for Waterbeetle

My little victim, let me trouble you
To fix your active mind on
W
The WATERBEETLE here shall teach
A sermon far beyond your reach:
He flabbergasts the Human Race
By gliding on the water's face
With ease, celerity, and grace;
But if he ever stopped to think
Of how he did it, he would sink.
MORAL:
Don't ask Questions!
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Frederick, Charles

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​FREDERICK. (Captain, 1842. f-p., 20; h-p., 17.)
Charles Frederick was born 7 May, 1797.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Téméraire 98, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, flag-ship off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Fras. Pickmore, whom he accompanied, in Dec. 1811, into the Royal George 100. From Oct. 1812, until July, 1817, we find him officiating as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, under Sir John Louis, of the Aigle, Semiramis, and Eurotas frigates; in the first of which he saw much boat-service, was at the capture and detention of a convoy at Porto Maurizio, and witnessed the fall of Genoa. On leaving the Forth, which ship had for some time borne the flag at Bermuda of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith, Mr. Frederick rejoined Admiral Pickmore, in the Sir Francis Drake 36, at Newfoundland, where he continued until promoted, 20 April, 1818. His appointments, as Lieutenant, were – 4 Jan. 1823, to the Trinculo 18, Capt. Rodney Shannon, on the Cork station – and, 27 July, 1826, as First, to the Alacrity 10, Capts. Geo. Jas. Hope Johnstone and Joseph Nias. For his gallant conduct in boarding and capturing, when in a boat belonging to the latter sloop, a piratical mistico, on which occasion he received a gunshot wound in the head, and had 4 of his men hurt, Mr. Frederick was advanced to the rank of Commander 6 May, 1829. He procured an Inspectorship in the Coast Guard 29 March, 1837; and on next obtaining command, 15 Nov. 1841, of the Apollo troop-ship, sailed for India and China. In consideration of his services in the Yang-tse-Kiang, where he was present at the capture of the city of Chin-Kiang-Foo, and at the pacification of Nanking, Capt. Frederick was rewarded with Post-rank 23 Dec. 1842. He has not since been employed.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1829, p. 837.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 3404, 3821.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Freeling, Francis

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​FREELING, Bart. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Sir Francis Freeling was born 11 Dec. 1816, and died 14 Sept. 1845. He was eldest son, by Jane, daughter of Robert Lang, Esq., of Moor Park, co. Surrey, of the late Sir Geo. Henry Freeling, a Commissioner of the Customs, whom he succeeded as third Baronet in Nov. 1841.
This officer entered the Navy 22 June, 1831; passed his examination 6 Jan. 1836; and at the period of his promotion, which took place 10 Feb. 1842, was serving in the Mediterranean, as Mate, on board the Howe 120, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Mason. He was afterwards appointed – 16 April, 1842, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, on the South American station – and, 28 Oct. 1843, to the Formidable 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean. He returned to England in 1844, and remained thenceforward on half-pay.. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fraser, George

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​FRASER. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 22; h-p., 15.)
George Fraser is youngest son of the late Gen. J. H. Fraser, of Ashling House, near Chichester, co. Sussex.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Sept. 1810, as Midshipman, on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore; under whom (with the exception of an interval of a few months in 1813, when we find his name borne on the books of the Elizabeth 74, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower) he continued to serve, latterly in the Revenge 74, until July, 1814; during which period he assisted in the boats of the last-mentioned ship at the cutting out of a French privateer from the mole of Palamos, 8 Nov. 1813. Until July, 1816, he was next employed, also in the Mediterranean, on board the Crocus 10, Capt. John Stoddart, and Spartan 38, Capt. Phipps Hornby. In April, 1818, he rejoined Sir John Gore in the Bulwark 76, at Chatham; and from the close of the same year until his promotion, 1 Nov. 1821, he further served, on the South American and West India stations, in the Hyperion 42, Capt. Thos. Searle, and Sybille 48, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley. He then joined the Pyramus 42, Capt. Fras. Newcome, but invalided home 26 Sept. 1822; and was subsequently appointed – 23 Nov. 1826, to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship at the Nore of ​Sir Robt. Moorsom – 3 Jan. 1829, to the Victory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, guard-ship at Portsmouth – 1 May, 1830, and 18 Feb. 1831, to the St. Vincent 120. and Asia 84, both commanded by Capt. Hyde Parker, whom he left in Sept. 1831 – and, 30 Nov. 1839, to the command of the Semaphore station at Compton Down, Petersfield, which he still retains.
He married, 10 Dec. 1825, Emmeline, daughter of Mr. Bedford, of Bedford Row, London, and has issue. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Frazer, George Alexander

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​FRAZER. (Commander, 1841.)
George Alexander Frazer entered the Navy 18 March, 1817; passed his examination in 1824; and obtained his first commission 6 April, 1827. His ensuing appointments were – 29 July, 1830, to the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Edw. Galwey, on the Irish station – and 1 May, 1833, and 5 Sept. 1835, to the San Josef and Royal Adelaide, flagships at Plymouth of Sir Wm. Hargood. He acquired his present rank 13 Oct. 1841; and has since assumed the successive command, 15 July, 1842, and 12 Feb. 1844, of the Comet and Lucifer steam-surveying vessels, in the latter of which he is now serving on the coast of Ireland.
Commander Frazer is married, and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Franklyn, John

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​FRANKLYN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
John Franklyn died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 July, 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Colossus 74, Capts. Jas. Nicoll Morris and Thos. Alexander; in the boats of which ship, after serving on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, he was taken prisoner in a gallant attack on an enemy’s flotilla off Isle d’Aix, 27 Dec. 1811. On his release, in 1814, he joined the Salvador del Mundo, and next, as Acting-Lieutenant and Admiralty-Midshipman, the Martial 12, Capt. Henry Forbes, and Hyperion 36, Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby, on the Cork and Lisbon stations. From the receipt of his commission, which bore date 25 Feb. 1815, Lieut. Franklyn, who was then serving on board the Telegraph 12, Capt. Scriven, remained on half-pay.
He married, and had issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fraser, Charles

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​FRASER. (Commander, 1823. f-p., 23; h-p., 23.)
Charles Fraser entered the Navy, 2 May, 1801, as Midshipman, on board the Prince George 98, Capt. John Tremayne Rodd, bearing the flag in the Channel of Sir Chas. Cotton; removed successively, in 1802-3, to the Aurora 38, Capt. Micajah Malbon, and Russel 74, Capt. Robt. Williams; then rejoined Sir C. Cotton in the San Josef 110; and on 11 July, 1808, was confirmed to a Lieutenancy in the Argo 44, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby. In command of the boats of the latter ship we find him, on 10 March, 1809, cutting out, in the most cool and gallant manner, and with a loss of 7 men wounded, the Josef French felucca, of 3 guns and 53 men, under a heavy fire of grape and musketry from the vessel herself, as well as from a whole range of batteries on the island of St. Domingo. In the course of the same year he became attached to the Shark sloop, and Polyphemus 64, bearing each the flag of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley; after which he served, from 7 Aug. 1812 until 5 July, 1816, in the Stag and Spartan frigates, both commanded by Capt. Phipps Hornby, with whom he visited the Cape of Good Hope and Mediterranean. His last appointments, as Lieutenant, were – 7 April, 1818, to the Bulwark 76, flag-ship at Chatham of Sir John Gore – and, 24 May, 1819, to the command of the Mermaid Revenue-cruizer. He assumed his present rank 29 Sept. 1823; and, since 10 Sept. 1844, has been conducting the Packet service at Holyhead, as Additional-Commander of the Royal Sovereign yacht.
He married, 25 July, 1832, Miss Mary Elizabeth Fraser, of Chichester, by whom he has issue. Agents – Pettet and Newton.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fraser, John

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​FRASER. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 24; h-p., 18.)
John Fraser entered the Navy, 11 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, with which officer he continued to serve, in the Royal George, flag-ship of Sir John Duckworth, San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, and Armide 33, until Aug. 1812. He took part, on board the Acasta, in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806; was in the Royal George at the passage of the Dardanells, in Feb. 1807; and, while attached to the San Josef, served with the flotilla in the expedition to the Walcheren in 1809, and co-operated in the defence of Cadiz, where, in April, 1810, he beheld the fall of Fort Matagorda. Being promoted to a Lieutenancy, 1 Jan. 1813, in the San Juan, flag-ship at Gibraltar of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Linzee, he next served, from Aug. 1814 to Oct. 1815, in the Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, off Lisbon, and was afterwards appointed, on the West India and Mediterranean stations – 21 March, 1821, to the Glasgow 50, Capt. Bentinck Cavendish Doyle – 10 Aug. 1826, to the Barham 50, Capt. Sir John Louis – and, 15 May, 1828, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Hon. Duncumbe Pleydell Bouverie. As Commander, a rank he assumed 22 Feb. 1831, Capt. Fraser served, from 21 Sept. 1835 until 22 Aug. 1839, in the Nimrod 20, on the West India station. He acquired his present rank 23 Nov. 1841, but has not since been employed.
He married, 29 Dec. 1838, Catherine, daughter of J. Edwards, Esq., Receiver-General at Jamaica. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fraser, Thomas

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​FRASER. (Captain, 1841. f-p., 21; h-p., 17.)
Thomas Fraser, born in May, 1796, is youngest son of the late Vice-Admiral Alex. Fraser, Equerry to H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, by Helen, eldest daughter of John Bruce, Esq., Advocate, and Collector of the Customs in Shetland; and brother of Lieut. John Fraser, who was lost in H.M.S. Magnet in Sept. 1812. He is lineally descended, on his father’s side, from Alexander, fifth Lord Lovat, and derives, through his mother, from the first Marquess of Hamilton.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 7 Feb. 1809; and embarked, 11 Nov. 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hotspur 36, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, whom he accompanied to South America. After a subsequent attachment of a few months to the Ister 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest, and Rochfort 80, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, both at Portsmouth, he joined, in July, 1816, the Leander 50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral David Milne, and, on 27 Aug. 1816, was present in that ship at the bombardment of Algiers. Being, in consequence, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, by commission dated 5 Sept. in the same year, Mr. Fraser was next in succession appointed – 29 April, 1818, to the Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Eamsden, bn the Mediterranean station – 20 March, 1822, to the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, lying at Deal – and, 26 March, 1823, to the Larne 20, Capts. Fred. Marryat and Wm. Burdett Dobson. As a reward for his “conspicuously exemplary zeal and gallantry,” his “steady offlcer-like conduct,” his “unremitting exertions,” his “zeal and activity,” and his “steady bravery and good conduct” throughout the whole of the war in Ava, where he had the sole charge and conduct of many important operations, and was incessantly in contact with the enemy, Mr. Fraser was ultimately appointed to the rank of Commander 22 July, 1826, but he continued to serve as Lieutenant in the Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arthur Murray, until 18 April, 1827. From 28 Feb. 1837, until promoted to the rank of Captain, 23 Nov. 1841, he commanded the Sappho 16, on the West India station. Since the latter date he has been on half-pay. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Freeland, John Osmond

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​FREELAND. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
John Osmond Freeland entered the Navy 3 July, 1825; served at Navarin as Midshipman of the Albion 74, Capt. John Acworth Ommanney; passed his examination in 1831; and obtained his commission 28 June, 1838. His appointments have since been – 26 Jan. 1839, to the President 50, flagship in South America of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross- 18 July, 1840, to the Stromboi steamer, Capt. Woodford John Williams under whom he took part in the operations on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St Jean d’Acre – 20 April, 1841, as First, to the Beacon surveying-vessel, on the Mediterranean station – and, 10 May, 1845, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is still employed. Agent - J. Hinxman.