A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gennys, William Henn
GENNYS. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
William Henn Gennys entered the Navy 2 July, 1826; passed his examination in 1834; and, for his services on the coast of Syria, where he assisted in the Carysfort’s barge at the attack upon Tortosa,[1] and witnessed the fall of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. His appointments have since been – 1 Dec. 1840, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Robt. Fanshawe Stopford, in the Mediterranean – and, 29 April, 1843, to the Castor 36, Capt. Chas. Graham, under whom he is now serving in the East Indies as First-Lieutenant.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2607.