by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Festing… (1823)
“ In Nov. 1814, we find him sailing for the East Indies, in the Tyne 24, Captain John Harper. In April 1810, he was appointed to the Cameron sloop, Commander W. J. Mingay, on the Portsmouth station. He was promoted to his present rank, Dec. 22d, 1826. One of Commander Festing’s brothers, (Robert Worgan George) is a captain in the royal navy; and two others (Colson and Thomas Colson) are lieutenants. ”
