A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hamilton, John (a)
HAMILTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 33.)
John Hamilton (a) entered the Navy, 25 March, 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Bonetta sloop, Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, and, after serving for some time in the North Sea, proceeded off Lisbon, where he removed with the same officer to the Gannet 16, commanded subsequently by Capt. Jas. Stevenson. Being discharged from the latter vessel in April, 1808, he was next, between June, 1809, and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 17 Feb. 1815, employed, on the Channel, Mediterranean, and West India stations, in the Nymphe 38, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, Growler gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John Weeks, Magnificent 74, Capt. Willoughby Thos. Lake, San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, and Swiftsure 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley. While in the Magnificent, in 1812, Mr. Hamilton was much employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where he witnessed the reduction of Castro, Puerta Galletta, Guetaria, St. Ano, &c. He has not been afloat since his promotion.