A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Davis, Henry Barnett
DAVIS. (Lieutenant, 1838.)
Henry Barnett Davis passed his examination in 1834; and obtained his commission 9 Feb. 1838. We subsequently find him appointed – 26 Sept. 1838, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings – 9 May, 1839, to the Revenge 78, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, employed on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations – and, 21 June, 1842, as First-Lieutenant, to the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. Fitzgerald Gambler, whom he accompanied to South America. Since 22 Sept. 1846, Mr. Davis, who had been on half-pay since 1843, has been employed in the Coast Guard.