A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Airey, John Moore Cole
AIREY. (Lieutenant, 1829. f-p., 16; h-p,, 10.)
John Moore Cole Airey entered the Navy 1 Jan. 1821, and passed his examination in 1827. Being made Lieutenant, 13 May, 1829, into the Medina 20, Capt. Edw. Webb, on the African station, he afterwards joined, in that capacity, 25 June, 1831, and 28 Oct. 1833, the Philomel 10, and Edinburgh 74, Capts. Wm. Smith and Jas. Rich. Dacres, both in the Mediterranean. Since his return to England, in 1837, he has been on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.