by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Talbot… (1823)
“ This officer received his education at the Royal Naval College; and first went to sea, in Dec. 1817, as midshipman on board the Prometheus sloop, Captain Constantine R. Moorsom, employed on Channel service. From Aug. 1818, until Oct. 1822, he served in the Rochfort 80, successively bearing the flags of Sir Thomas F. Fremantle and Sir Graham Moore, on the Mediterranean station. At the latter date, he was ordered to act as lieutenant of the Dispatch sloop. ”
