A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Grove, William
GROVE. (Lieutenant, 1812. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.)
William Grove entered the Navy, 26 Dec. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Impétueux 74, Capt. Sir Edw. Pellew, whom he accompanied in the expeditions of 1800 to Quiberon and Ferrol. Being paid off in April 1802, he next, in the following Dec, joined the Albion 74, Capt. John Ferrier, fitting for the East Indies, where he attained the rating of Midshipman 1 Jan. 1804, and where, in Feb. 1806, he rejoined Sir E. Pellew, whose flag was then flying on board the Culloden 74. On 10 June 1807, after having assisted at the capture and destruction of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs of war and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels lying in Batavia roads, Mr. Grove was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Dasher sloop, Capts. Nevinson De Courcy and Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing. He invalided home in April, 1809, and, between Nov. in that year and June, 1811, was next employed in the Channel, and again in the East Indies, on board the Orestes brig, Capt. John Richards Lapenotiere, Scipion 74, Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, and Hecate sloop, Capt. Hen. John Peachey. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 4 March, 1812 in the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, on the Home station; where, and in the Mediterranean, he subsequently joined – 30 July 1812, the Echo sloop, Capt. Thos. Percival – 12 Feb 1813, the Indus 74, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, part of Sir Edw. Pellew’s force in his action of 13 Feb. 1814 with the Toulon fleet – and 26 Sept. 1814, the Hope 10, Capt. Henry Fyge Jauncey. Since the period of his leaving the latter vessel, 24 June, 1815, Lieut. Grove has been on half-pay.