This officer married, Nov. 20th, 1822[errata 1], Felicia Jane, fourth daughter of the Rev. Charles Johnson, a Prebendary of Wells, Rector of South Stoke, near Bath, and Vicar of South Brent and Berrow, co. Somerset; granddaughter of the late Archdeacon Willes, of Bath and Wells; sister to Commander John S.W. Johnson, R.N.; and niece to the lady of Admiral Sir Davidge Gould, K.C.B.
Agents.– Messrs. Maude and Co.
JOHN GEORGE GRAHAM, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1825.]
Was made a lieutenant, Sept. 20th, 1815; and served as such under Captains John Furneaux and James Lillicrap, in the Carron sloop and Hyperion frigate, on the East India, Cape of Good Hope, and Jamaica stations. He was promoted to the command of the Icarus brig, June 16th, 1823; and in Aug. 1824, his boats, under the directions of Lieutenant Charles Croker, captured a piratical schooner, in a creek to the westward of the Havannah, from whence they also brought out a sloop laden with the plunder of an American brig, the master and crew of which had experienced the most inhuman treatment, and were to have been put to death on the following morning. Captain Graham obtained the rank he now holds, Oct. 3d, 1825.
Agents.– Sir F. M. Ommanney and Son.
ALEXANDER THOMAS EMERIC VIDAL, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1825.]
Was made a lieutenant, Feb. 6th, 1815; appointed to the Leven 24, Captain David Ewen Bartholomew, C.B., Aug. 25th, 1818; re-appointed to the same ship, under the command of Captain William F. Owen, Aug. 14th, 1821; promoted to the command of the Barracouta, surveying-vessel, on the coast of Africa, May 15th, 1823; and advanced to the rank of captain, Oct. 4th, 1825.
Agent.– John Chippendale, Esq.
Errata:
- ↑ Correction: 1822 should be amended to 1821
