A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cocksedge, George Edward
COCKSEDGE. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 14; h-p., 35.)
George Edward Cocksedge entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impétueux 78, Capt. Sampson Edwards, in which ship, and the St. George 98, commanded by the same officer, he served, on the Channel and Mediterranean stations, until Feb. 1801. During the next four years he successively joined, as Midshipman, the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Lord Nelson, Lapwing 28, Capt. Edw. Rotheram, and Plantagenet 74, Capts. Graham Eden Hamond and Hon. Michael De Courcy; and while in the latter vessel, besides convoying a fleet of Indiamen to St. Helena, assisted in capturing, 27 July, 1803, L’Atalante corvette, of 22 guns. On subsequently removing to the Polyphemus 64, Capt. Robt. Redmill, flag-ship afterwards of Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, he further bore a part in the battle fought off Cape Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, and witnessed, in July, 1807, the unsuccessful attack made on Buenos Ayres by Lieut.-General Whitelocke. Between 1809, in which year he obtained a commission, and 1813, Mr. Cocksedge next served, in the West Indies, North America, and German Ocean – nearly the whole time as First-Lieutenant – on board the Shark sloop, Capt. Groves, Dispatch 18, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, Franchise 36, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Gorgon armée en flûte, Capt. Alex. Milner, Calliope 20, Capt. John M‘Kerlie, and Cretan brig, Capt. Chas. Fred. Payne. He was then placed on half-pay, and has not since been afloat.