A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Davison, James Sandford
DAVISON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
James Sandford Davison is the grandson of a Captain in the Royal Navy who served as Lieutenant in the action of 1 June, 1794.
This officer entered the Navy 29 Aug. 1829; and passed his examination in March, 1836. He served on board the Hastings 72, Capt. John Lawrence, throughout the operations on the coast of Syria, where he appears to have been employed in the boats at the destruction, in the face of a heavy fire of musketry from the enemy, of a quantity of powder stowed in the Castle of Beyrout, 2 Oct. 1840.[1] He was made Lieutenant 21 Sept. 1842, as being Senior Mate of the Royal George yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, on the occasion of the Queen’s visit to Scotland. Mr. Davison – whose next appointment was, 13 Oct. 1842, to the Wasp 16, Capt. Andrew Drew, on the North America and West India station – has been in command, since 1 Aug. 1844, of a station in the Coast Guard.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2610.