A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fead, William Frederick Glocester
FEAD. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
William Frederick Glocester Fead is son of the late Capt. Fras. Fead, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 3 Dec. 1845; became, 7 Jan. 1846, Mate of the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the coast of Africa; and on 1 Feb. 1847, as a tribute to his father’s worth, was promoted to the rank he now holds. He is still serving, on the African station, on board the Alert 6, Capt. Wm. Ellis, of which sloop he had been nominated Acting-Lieutenant 20 July, 1846.