A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Corbet, Kynaston
CORBET. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 16; h-p., 9.)
Kynaston Corbet is youngest son of the late John Corbet, Esq., of Sundorne Castle, M.P. for Shrewsbury, by his second wife, Anne, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Pigott, of Edgmond, in Salop. This officer entered the Navy, 8 April, 1822, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apollo yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget; served for upwards of three years with Capt. Rich. Constantine Moorsom, latterly as Midshipman, in the Ariadne 28, Andromache 36, and Prince Regent 120, at the Cape of Good Hope and Chatham; and after a re-attachment to the Ariadne, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, and serving also for some time on board the Chanticleer 10, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell, and Challenger 28, Capt. Lord A. FitzClarence, on the Mediterranean and Home stations, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 June, 1828. He was afterwards appointed – 28 Dec. 1829, again to the Ariadne, Capts. Fred. Marryat, Geo. Rennie, and Chas. Phillips – 22 Feb. 1832, to the Champion 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams – 15 June, 1832, to the Orestes 18, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock and, 10 April, 1835, to the Barham 50, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. During his servitude in the latter ships Commander Corbet, who has been on half-pay since April, 1839, visited the West Indies, the coast of Portugal, and the Mediterranean. He attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. Agent- J. Chippendale.