A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Conant, John Edward
CONANT. (Retired Commander, 1831. f-p., 8; h-p., 45.)
John Edward Conant entered the Navy, 21 April, 1794, as Ordinary, on board the Suffolk 74, Commodore Peter Rainier; and, on arriving in the East Indies, became successively attached, as Midshipman, to the Swift 16, and Centurion 50, both commanded by Capt. John Sprat Rainier, in the former of which he received a severe contusion at the reduction of the Moluccas. Having returned to England, he was next, in Aug. 1798, received on board the Beaulieu 40, Capt. Fras. Fayerman, with whom he served in the Mediterranean until Nov. 1800. He then came home – joined the Royal William, and Ville de Paris, flag-ships of Sir Peter Parker and Earl St. Vincent – and on his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 18 July, 1801, was appointed to the Princess Royal 98, bearing the flag of Sir Erasmus Gower. Commander Conant, who invalided in Jan. 1802, and has not since been afloat, became a Retired Commander on the Junior list 13 July, 1831, and on the Senior 10 March, 1846.
He is a retired police magistrate. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.