Royal Naval Biography/Booth, James Richard

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JAMES RICHARD BOOTH, Esq.
[Commander.]

Son of an old purser in the royal navy.

This officer entered the service in 1805; passed his examination at Portsmouth, in Nov. 1811; and was made lieutenant into the Gorgon 44, armed en flûte, Commander R. B. Bowden, Dec. 30th, 1813. He subsequently served under Captains John Parish and Thomas Warrand, in the Foxhound sloop. We afterwards find him successively appointed to the Kite, Favorite, and Drake sloops, the latter employed on the Newfoundland station. He obtained his present rank on the 8th Dec. 1829; and is now commander of the Trinculo sloop, on the African station. His appointment to that vessel took place in April, 1832, at which period she was fitting out for a special service.