by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Blanckley… (1823)
“ In May 1831, Commander Blanckley was appointed to the Plyades sloop, fitting out for the South American station. On his passage thither he touched at Madeira, and received the thanks of the British residents in that island “for his manly protection of their interests at an eventful period.” In April 1832, being then senior officer on the north coast of Brazil, he was publicly thanked by the British merchants at Pernambuco, “for the active protection he afforded to them and their property, during the revolt and massacre,” which had recently occurred in that city. ”
