A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Foord, James John
FOORD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 20; h-p., 20.)
James John Foord entered the Navy, 27 June, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Excellent 74, Capt. John West, and while in that ship, of which he became Midshipman in March, 1808, was employed at the blockade of Cadiz and Toulon, and saw much boat service in the Adriatic. Until the conclusion of the war he continued to serve with Capt. West, in the same ship and in the Sultan 74, on the Home and West India stations; after which he joined the Horatio 38, Capt. Wm. Henry Dillon, then employed off the coast of France for the purpose of intercepting the flight of Napoleon Buonaparte. Having attained the rank of Lieutenant 25 Feb. 1815, Mr. Foord next, during the year 1816, served in the East Indies and China on board the Tyne 20, Capts. John Allen and John Bartholomew Hoar Curran. He has been in the Coast Guard since -2 May, 1836.