A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Garnham, John
GARNHAM. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
John Garnham was born 14 Feb. 1789.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, Capt. Geo. Hart, bearing the flag in Yarmouth Roads of Rear-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell. On 29 May following he became Midshipman of the Stately 64, Capts. Geo. Parker and Wm. Cumberland; in which ship and the Princess Caroline 74, Capts. Chas. Dudley Pater and Hugh Downman, he served very actively, on the North Sea, Baltic, and Channel stations, the four last years as Master’s Mate, until Jan. 1813. He then proceeded to the West Indies as Midshipman of the Vengeur 74, Capt. Thos. Dundas; and after a further servitude of a year and nine months as Master’s Mate, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations, of the Volontaire 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, was invested with the rank he now holds 18 Feb. 1815. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Garnham married, in Jan. 1824, Miss Elizabeth Sparke Edgar, of Buxhall Vale, near Stowmarket, co. Suffolk, sole heiress of Thos. Edgar, Esq.