by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Mason, Henry Browne (1823)
“ This officer entered into the royal navy as midshipman on board the Prince 98, Captain Richard Grindall, in Dec. 1803; and served under that officer at the glorious battle of Trafalgar. Subsequent to that great event, he was placed with Captain William Hoste, in the Amphion frigate, on the Mediterranean station. In Mar. 1809, while conducting a prize to Malta, he was taken prisoner by two French privateers, off the coast of Dalmatia, and placed under restraint at Zara. From thence he was transferred to Ancona, and after a subsequent confinement at Briançon, removed to Verdun-sur-Meuse. ”
