A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dashwood, Francis Robert
DASHWOOD. (Lieut., 1820. f-p., 13; h-p., 24.)
Francis Robert Dashwood entered the Navy, in May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Franchise 36, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and John Allen, lying at Portsmouth. Under the former officer he afterwards served, as Midshipman, from Jan. 1811, to May, 1813, in the Pyramus 38, and Cressy 74. In June, 1813, on his return with convoy from the West Indies, he became attached to the Niemen 38, Capt. Sam. Pym, on the North American station. He afterwards rejoined Capt. Dashwood, on board the Norge 74, in time to accompany the expedition against New Orleans; and, from Oct. 1815, until the receipt of his commission from the Admiralty, 2 Feb. 1820, he served, off the coast of Africa and in the West Indies, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Inconstant 36, Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, Pique 36, Capts. Jas. Haldane Tait and John M‘Kellar, Bermuda 10, Capt. John Fakenham, Pique again, Salisbury 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell, and Euryalus 42, Capts. Thos. Huskisson and Wilson Braddyll Bigland. He continued In the latter vessel until 1821; and was subsequently appointed, in April, 1823, to the Rifleman 18, Capts. Jas. Montagu and Wm. Webb, on the Halifax station. He has been on half-pay since 1825. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.