A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Christie, Gabriel
CHRISTIE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 14; h-p., 29.)
Gabriel Christie is brother of Capt. Peter Christie, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in Dec. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Magicienne 32, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, fitting at Chatham; became Midshipman, in Feb. 1805, of the Boadicea 38, Capt. John Maitland, employed in the North Sea; served, from Nov. 1807, until Sept. 1811, again with Capt. Mackenzie, in the President 38, and Bedford 74, on the Brazilian station; then accompanied the same officer into the Armada 74, commanded, afterwards, by Capts. Devonshire and Chas. Grant, In the North Sea and Mediterranean; and, on 22 Jan. 1813, two years after passing his examination, was confirmed a Lieutenant in the Bombay 74, Capts. Norborne Thompson and George Parker, off Toulon. His subsequent appointments were – 8 April, 1815, to the Bellerophon 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, on board which ship Napoleon Buonaparte soon afterwards surrendered himself – 30 Oct. 1815, to the Granicus 36, Capt. William Furlong Wise, with whom he shared in the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816 – 22 May, 1820, and 24 Jan. 1821, to the Créole 42, and Superb 74, both commanded by his old Captain, A. Mackenzie, in South America – and, in 1827, after an interval of five years, to the Despatch 18, Capt. Robt. White Parsons, on the Irish station. Since Feb. 1828, at which date he invalided, Lieut. Christie has been on half-pay. Agents – Collier and Snee.