A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Elrington, George
ELRINGTON. (Retired Commander, 1844. f-p., 15; h-p., 34.)
George Elrington entered the Navy, 17 March, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Triumph 74, Capt. Wm. Essington, on the Home station, where he became Midshipman, in July, 1799, of the Téméraire 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and where he afterwards served, in the Maidstone frigate, Capt. Ross Donnelly, Monarch 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Graves, Unicorn and Ethalion frigates, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Stuart, and Impétueux 74, Capt Jas. Lawford. Obtaining a commission, 30 Aug. 1806, he next joined the Kite, Capt. Edwin James – attended, in the Goliath 74, Capt. Peter Puget, the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807 – served for nearly five years in the West Indies on board the Thetis 38, Capt. Geo. Miller – and was finally employed, on the Home station, in the Plover sloop, Capt. Colin Campbell, and Vanguard prison-ship, Capt. Philip Helpman. He went on half-pay in 1813; and accepted his present rank 1 July, 1844. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.