A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bellamy, Joseph Hughes
BELLAMY. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Joseph Hughes Bellamy is eldest son of Geo. Bellamy, Esq., of Plymouth.
This officer entered the Navy 24 April 1815; passed his examination in 1822; obtained his commission 10 March, 1827; served, from 26 Oct. 1830, until superseded, 21 Dec. 1831, in the Revenge 78, Capts. Jas. Hillyar and Donald Hugh Mackay, on the Lisbon station; joined the Coast Guard, 31 May, 1838; and since 10 June, 1845, has been employed at Devonport on board the Caledonia 120, Capt. Manly Hall Dixon.
He married, in 1837, Mary, only daughter of Richard Newton, Esq. Agent – J. Chippendale.