A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bowden, Richard Bayly
BOWDEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17; h-p., 27.)
Richard Bayly Bowden entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Britannia 100, Capt. the Earl of Northesk, with whom, when Rear-Admiral, he was present, as Midshipman, in the same ship, at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. He was next employed for some time in the Illustrious 74, Capt. Wm. Shields, and also in the Minotaur 74, flag-ship, during the hostilities of 1807 against Copenhagen, of Rear-Admiral Wm. Essington. After an attachment of a few months, in the early part of 1808, to the Hibernia 110, bearing the flag, off Lisbon, of Sir Chas. Cotton, Mr. Bowden joined the Nautilus sloop, Capt. Thos. Dench, under whom, during a continuance of more than four years on the Portuguese and Mediterranean stations, he contributed to the capture of several privatetrs, and of one of them while serving in the boats. From the Nautilus he removed, in July, 1814, to the Orlando 36, Capt. John Clavell, employed in Chesapeake Bay. He was made Lieutenant, 9 Feb. 1815, into the Dauntless 18, Capt. Dan. Barker; returned home from Rio Janeiro, in July of the same year, on board the Achille 74, Capt. Aiskew Paffard Hollis; and since 25 Apnl, 1842, has been employed in the Coast Guard.
He married, 19 Dec. 1825, Jane, daughter of the late Rev. Jas. Stanley, Vicar of Ormskirk, Lancashire, and sister of Capt. Edw. Stanley [errata 1] Stanley, R.N. Agents – Messrs. Chard.