A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bond, Dyer
BOND. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p., 14; h-p., 38.)
Dyer Bond entered the Navy, in 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, under whom he served for four years in the Mediterranean and Channel, and fought in the action off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. He next became attached in succession to the Foudroyant, Vanguard, and Robust, line-of-battle ships, commanded by Capt. Wm. Brown, on the former stations; removed, for a short time, in 1801, to the Castor 32, Capt. Edw. Leveson Gower, employed off Guernsey and Lisbon; then rejoined Capt. Brown in the Hussar 38, on the Irish station; was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 April, 1802; and in the following year, while serving with Capt. Brown in the Romney 50, visited the coast of Africa and the West Indies. He afterwards, from 1805 to 1808, held an appointment in the Sea-Fencibles at Chatham, and in 1815-16 had charge of a Telegraph station. Commander Bond, who does not appear to have been further employed, accepted his present rank 25 March, 1834. Agent – J. Hinxman.