A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Beazeley, George
BEAZELEY. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
George Beazeley entered the Navy, 24 Jan. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rattler sloop, Capts. Fras. Mason and Jas. John Chas. Agassiz. On 16 May following we find him present in a gallant attack on a division of the enemy’s flotilla, consisting of 59 sail, pushing alongshore from Flushing to Ostend, in which the above vessel had 2 men killed and 10 wounded; and, on various other occasions, coming into contact with the enemy. In Aug. 1806, having attained the rank of Midshipman, he rejoined Capt. Mason in the Daphne 20, and in that ship sailed for the Rio de la Plata, where he witnessed all the operations from the storming of Monte Video, 3 Feb. 1807, until the final evacuation of Spanish America. He was subsequently, on 5 April, 1808, employed in the boats of the Daphne and Tartarus, under Lieut. Wm. Elliott, at the cutting out, with a loss to the British of only 5 persons wounded, of a convoy of 10 deeply laden vessels, moored close under the fort of a castle mounting 10 guns, in the harbour of Flodstrand, near the Skawe, defended also by a heavy fire from another battery, as well as from the crews of the vessels assembled on the beach, and made fast to the shore by hawsers.[1] On 8 Aug. 1809, Mr. Beazeley joined the Lavinia 40, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, then engaged in the expedition to the Scheldt. He removed, in Sept. following, to the St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir Kich. Strachan; afterwards joined the Scipion 74, flagship at the Cape of Good Hope of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford; became Acting-Lieutenant, in Aug. 1811, of the Nereide 36, Capt. Jas. Henderson; and in May of the same year, having been officially promoted on 18 of the preceding month, returned home. His next appointments were – 2 Sept. following, to the Abercromby 74, Capt. Wm. Chas. Fahie, employed in the Channel and off the coast of Spain; and, 20 April, 1814, to the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, in which ship he again made a trip to the Cape. He has not been employed since Aug. 1815.
He is married, and has issue. Agent – J. Hinxman.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1808, p. 697.