by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Hamilton… (1823)
“ The official account of this “well-conducted, gallant, and successful attack,” will be found in the Nav. Chron. Vol. 24, p. 422 et seq. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 21st of the following month. He was appointed to the Ceylon troop-ship, Nov. 6, 1813; and posted May 31, 1816. Captain Hamilton married in 1828, Caroline, only child of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Cook, of Chingford, co. Essex. Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney. ”
