A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Everest, Henry Bryan
EVEREST. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Henry Bryan Everest passed his examination 8 Jan. 1836; and, after serving for four years on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, as Mate of the Vanguard 80, Capt. Sir David Dunn, and Devastation steam-sloop, Capt. Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Aug. 1844. His appointments have since been – 24 Aug. 1844, to the Scout 18, Capt. Hon. Jas. Robt. Drummond, in the Mediterranean – and, 13 and 31 Dec. 1845, and 1 Oct. 1846, to the Calypso 20, and Phoenix and Virago steam-sloops, Capts. Henry John Worth, Jas. Sam. Akid Dennis, and John Lunn, with the latter of whom he still serves on the same station.