A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Adams, George Curtis
ADAMS. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
George Curtis Adams, born in 1807, is second son of the late Henry Cadwallader Adams Esq., of Anstey Hall, co. Warwick, by Emma, eldest daughter of the late Alderman Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart., M.P.; brother of Henry Wm. Adams, now of Anstey, Lieut.-Colonel of the 49th foot, and of Capt. Frank Adams of the 28th; nephew of the present Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart.; and cousin of Lieut. A. J. Curtis, R.N.
This officer passed his examination in 1830, and obtained his commission 21 Feb. 1837. His appointments have since been – 16 April, 1838, to the Madagascar 44, Capt. Provo Wm. Parry Wallis on the North America and West India station – 24 Feb. 1840, to the Magicienne 24, Capts. Wm. Burnett, Fred. Thos. Michell, and Rich. Laird Warren, in the Mediterranean – 9 Nov. 1843, to the Albion 90, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, employed for some time off Lisbon – and, 2 Feb. 1846, to the St. Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant in the Channel of Sir Francis Augustus Collier. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.