A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harper, Francis Henry
HARPER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Francis Henry Harper entered the Navy 1 June, 1826; passed his examination 11 Sept. 1833; and on 23 Nov. 1841 (while serving as Mate, in the Mediterranean, of the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were – 31 Jan. 1842, to the Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, in the Mediterranean – 4 June, 1842, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, lying at Sheerness – 23 July, 1842, again to the Daphne, Capt. John Jas. Onslow, whom he accompanied to the Pacific – and, 20 June, 1844, to the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, stationed on the south-east coast of America. He left the latter vessel in Aug. 1846. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.