A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baskerville, Perceval
BASKERVILLE. (Lieutenant, 1836 [errata 1]. f-p., 30; h-p., 4.)
Perceval Baskerville entered the Navy 4 March, 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Robt. Jackson, flag-ship in the Channel of Lord Keith. Until Aug. 1823, in the course of which month he passed his examination, he afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the Dover troop-ship, Capt. Robt. Henley Rogers, Ville de Paris 110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, Eurotas 38, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, Dover again, Capt. R. H. Rogers, Malta 84, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, Dromedary store-ship, Master-Commander Rich. Skinner, and Bathurst surveying-vessel, Capt. Philip Parker King; and during the period he was so attached he attended the expedition to New Orleans, visited New Zealand, and circumnavigated New Holland. The ships in which he further served, prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 24 May, 1836, appear to have been the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Hind 20, Capt. John Furneaux, Java 52, and Winchester 50, bearing the respective flags of Rear-Admirals Wm. Hall Gage and Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Mersey 26, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, Racehorse 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams, Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, Blossom surveying-sloop, Capt. Rich. Owen, San Josef 110, Capt. Rich. Curry, Caledonia 120, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Castor 36, Capt. Lord John Hay. He was in the Windsor Castle off Lisbon when Don John, being obliged during the rebellion of 1824 to take refuge on board that ship, bestowed gold medals on all the officers; served in the other vessels on the East and West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations; and obtained his commission for his exertions under Lord John Hay on the north coast of Spain, where he was employed, either in a tender, or on shore at Bilboa, San Sebastian, and Pasages. Mr. Baskerville’s appointments since his promotion have been – 11 June, 1836, to the Melville 74, flag-ship of Sir Peter Halkett in North America and the West Indies – next, to the Rainbow 28, and Nimrod 20, Capts. Thos. Bennett and John Eraser, on the same station – 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 120, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Francis Mason – early in 1843, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, with whom he returned to England – and, 4 Nov. 1844, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is at present employed. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.