by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Morrell… (1823)
“ This officer passed his examination about April 1808; obtained his first commission on the 28th July 1809; served for some time on board the Ocean 98, Captain Robert Plampin; and for upwards of four years, as first lieutenant of the Termagant 20, successively commanded by the late Captains John Lampen Manley and Charles Shaw, on the Mediterranean and East India stations. ”
