by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Hastings… (1823)
“ He passed his examination in Nov. 1809; obtained the rank of lieutenant in Jan. 1810; and afterwards served in the Badger brig, of 10 guns, Captain John Lampen Manley, from which vessel he was removed to the Hyacinth, post-sloop, successively commanded by Captains Thomas Ussher and Alexander R. Sharpe, on the Mediterranean station. ”
