A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Raban, Robert Bruce
RABAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Robert Bruce Raban entered the Navy, 20 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on borad the Glatton 50, Capts. Thos. Seccombe, Henry Hope, John Clavell, Geo. Miller Bligh, and John Smith; under whom we find him successively employed on the Downs and Mediterranean stations (nearly the whole time in the capacity of Midshipman), until transferred, in Sept. 1809, to the Namur 74, Capt. Rich. Jones, part of the force employed in the expedition to the Walcheren. After serving for rather more than two years off Cork, Cadiz, and Brest in the Rota 38, Capt. Philip Somerville, he joined, in Jan. 1812, the Montagu 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon on the Brazilian station; where, in July, 1813, he followed Capt. Manley Hall Dixon (who had had command of the Montagu) into the Nereus 42; of which ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant, after having served for nearly three months as such, 29 Nov. 1814. He has been on half-pay since Jan. 1815.