A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Fortescue, Henry
FORTESCUE. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 9; h-p., 27.)
Henry Fortescue entered the Navy, 27 April, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Christian VII. 80, Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, employed in the North Sea, where he followed that officer, in Feb. 1812, into the Impregnable 98. From July, 1813, until April, 1818, he Successively served, on the North American, Irish, Home, Mediterranean, and East India stations, in the Endymion 40, Capt. Henry Hope, Saturn 74, Capts. Jas. Nash and Thos. Brown, Franchise 36, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane, St. George and Impregnable 98’s, both commanded by Capt. Jas. Nash, and Minden 74, Capt. Wm. Paterson – in which latter ship he shared in the bombardment of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816. In Dec. 1821, Mr. Fortescue joined the Andromache frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Joseph Nourse at the Cape of Good Hope, where he became Acting-Lieutenant, in Nov. 1822, of the Menai 24, Capt. Fairfax Moresby. He was officially promoted 5 April, 1823, but since Sept. in that year has been unemployed.