by John Marshall

“ On the 26th of Dec. in the latter year, he was promoted to the rank of commander, through the kind exertions of Captain Duncan, whose favorable notice he had first attracted while serving in the Furieuse, and who, in speaking of him, says, “I flatter myself I have brought forward an officer who will, if opportunity offers, do credit to the service.” ”

“ The other services in which Lieutenant Sandom participated, while serving under Captain Mounsey, have been noticed in p. 27 et seq. of Suppl. Part II. His subsequent appointments were, – in 1815, to the Iphigenia frigate. Captain Andrew King, fitting out for the East India station, whence he returned home in the Cornwallis 74; – Sept, 7th, 1818, to the Spencer 76, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowleys on the Irish station; – Oct. 27th, 1819, to be first of the Liffey 50, Captain the Hon. Henry Duncan; – in 1821, to the Apollo frigate, then preparing for the reception of His Majesty George IV. ”

“ His indefatigable exertions were duly acknowledged by Captain Mounsey, and called forth the approbation of Sir John B. Warren, then commander-in-chief on that station.
Lieutenant Sandom’s next appointment was, we believe, to the Fawn sloop. Captain the Hon. George Alfred Crofton. The following paragraph appears in the Naval Chronicle, vol. 26, p. 60: – “Lieutenant Williams Sandom has been tried by a court-martial, for a breach of the second article of war. The Court agreed that the charge originated in a malicious combination, and did adjudge him to be most fully acquitted. ”