by John Marshall

“ In the beginning of 1808, he sailed for India, as passenger on board the Barracouta sloop; and on his arrival at Madras, joined the Culloden 74, bearing the flag of Sir Edward Pellew, then commander-in-chief on that station, where he also served for some months as first lieutenant of the Blanche frigate. Captain George Bell. In Jan. 1809, he was appointed acting commander of the Wilhelmina, hospital-ship at Pido-Penang, where he continued until Feb. ”

“ Commander Hext married, in Sept. 1812, Barbara, youngest daughter of the late James Read, M.D., of Tremeare, near Bodmin, and sister to Lieutenant John Read, R.M., who was killed at the attack upon Cayenne by Sir James Lucas Yeo, in 1809. ”

“ Robert Stopford, in the Phaeton frigate; and Captains Sampson Edwards and Sir Edward Pellew, in l’Impetueux; of which latter ship he was appointed a lieutenant, Aug. 8th, 1799. His subsequent appointments were, in June, 1802, to the Clyde frigate, Captain John Larmour, on the North Sea station; – May, 1804, to the command of the Sheerness, hired armed cutter, employed off Brest; – and, Jan. 1805, to be senior lieutenant of the Santa-Margaritta frigate. Captain Wilson Rathborne, under whom he assisted in capturing four French line-of-battle ships, on the 4th Nov. following [2] . ”