A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Furneaux, John
FURNEAUX. (Capt., 1829. f-p., 17; h-p., 25.)
John Furneaux, born 27 April, 1793, at Swilly, Stoke Damerel, is third son of the late Rev. Jas. Furneaux; grandson of Jas. Furneaux, Esq., R.N., many years First-Lieutenant to Hon. Rich. Byron; and grand-nephew of Capt. Tobias Furneaux, R.N., who commanded the Adventure, and accompanied Capt. Cook.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta, 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, and, after sharing in the pursuit of Jerome Buonaparte, and participating in the action off St. Domingo, successively joined, as Midshipman, the Royal George 100, and San Josef 110, bearing each the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, under whom, in the Royal George, he received a severe wound in the left jaw at the passage of the Dardanells, 19 Feb. 1807.[1] On quitting the San Josef, from which ship he had been for some time lent to the Amazon 38, Capt. Wm. Parker, Mr. Furneaux, in May, 1810, accompanied Sir John Duckworth, who had been appointed Commander-in-Chief at Newfoundland, into the Antelope 50; and of that ship he was created a Lieutenant 13 June, 1812. After a servitude of 16 months in the Pomone 38, Capts. Eras. Wm. Fane and Philip Carteret, on the Home station, he obtained command, 19 July, 1814, of the Cephalus 18, in which sloop he co-operated with the Royalists on the coast of France, and up the Gironde, during the war of a Hundred Days, and was otherwise employed until paid off 24 Sept. 1815. His next appointment, we find, was, 26 May, 1818, to the Carron 20,[2] fitting for the East India station, where he was unfortunately wrecked, in the Bay of Bengal, and with difficulty saved, 6 July, 1820. On next assuming command, 15 Sept. 1825, of the Hind 20, Capt. Furneaux returned to India; whence he brought home the Andromeda, a new 46-gun frigate, towards the close of 1829 – on 16 March in which year he had, been promoted to Post-rank. He has not since been employed.
Capt. Furneaux, in consideration of the wound he received on board the Royal George, obtained a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
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