A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Conner, William Henry
CONNER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 7; h-p., 32.)
William Henry Conner entered the Navy, 9 Dec. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Emerald 36, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland; in which frigate he assisted at the capture of a large number of the enemy’s vessels, beheld the destruction, in April, 1809, of the French shipping in Aix Roads, and attained the rating of Midshipman 1 Feb. 1810. From Dec. 1811 until May, 1813, he next served in the Channel on board the Tigre 74, Capt. John Halliday; and then, rejoining Capt. Maitland in the Goliath, a cut-down 74, continued with that officer, in the Boyne 98, and Bellerophon 74, on the West India, North American, and Channel stations, until 1815; in July of which year he witnessed the surrender of Napoleon Buonaparte. He was promoted, from the Orontes 36, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, fitting at Sheerness, 20 Sept. following; and has not since been afloat. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.