A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Greenway, Richard Croft
GREENWAY. (Lieut., 1805. f-p., 8; h-p., 39.)
Richard Croft Greenway entered the Navy, in Jan. 1800, as A.B., on board the Syren 32, Capt. Thos. Le Marchant Gosselin, with whom, after an attendance of three months on George III. off Weymouth, and a voyage with convoy to the West Indies, he removed, as Midshipman, in Aug. 1801, to the Melampus 36. That frigate being paid off in June, 1802, he next, in Aug. 1803, joined the Ville de Paris 110, bearing the flag in the Channel of Hon. Wm. Cornwallis; of which ship he was created a Lieutenant 8 March, 1805. Continuing to serve in the Ville de Paris until June, 1806, Mr. Greenway, on 22 of the Aug. following his promotion, had an opportunity of sharing in Cornwallis’ pursuit of the French fleet into Brest. His last appointment, we believe, was to the Avon sloop, Capt. Thos. Thrush, in which vessel he served in the Channel and West Indies until May, 1808, at which period ho invalided. Agents – Messrs. Chard.