A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cawley, John (b)
CAWLEY. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
John Cawley is eldest son of the late Commander John Cawley, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1822, on board the Grecian cutter, then commanded by his father, under whom he particularly distinguished himself in the piratical engagement alluded to in our preceding memoir. He served as Midshipman of the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin, 20 Oct. 1827; and, in the following year, was on board the Grasshopper sloop at the capture, in the West Indies, of two slave-vessels carrying 500 negroes. He passed his examination 6 May, 1829; invalided home from South America in 1833, in consequence of the loss of an eye, and of injuries which procured him a pension of 2s. 6d. a day; joined, in the early part of 1845, the Canopus 84, Capt. Fairfax Moresby, employed as an evolutionary ship; obtained his commission on 25 June in the same year; and since 25 April, 1846, has been employed in the Imaum 72, Commodore Dan. Pring, receiving-ship at Port Royal, Jamaica.