A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Duins, George Parley
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DUINS. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
George Parley Duins died 26 Sept. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy 4 March, 1808; passed his examination in 1821; and was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 19 Jan. 1828, in the Undaunted 46, Capt. Augustus Wm. Jas. Clifford, employed on a particular service. His next appointments were – 3 April, 1829, to the Kent 78, Capts. John Ferris Devonshire and Sam. Pym, on the Mediterranean station – 17 April, 1832, to the Coast Guard, in which he served for about two years – and subsequently, for a brief period, to the Britannia 120.
He married, in May, 1836, Anne Mortimer, eldest daughter of the late Rev. J. Amyatt Chaundy, of Charlinch, near Bridgewater. Agents – Pettet and Newton.