A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Haydon, George
HAYDON. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.)
George Haydon is brother of Capt. Wm. Haydon, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1800, as a Boy, on board the Royal George 100, Capt. Wm. Domett, stationed in the Channel. In Feb. 1801 he became Midshipman of the Belleisle 74, commanded by the latter officer, and subsequently by Capts. Chas. Boyles, John Whitby, and Wm. Hargood; under the latter of whom, on proceeding to the Mediterranean, he fought at Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. On 9 June, 1807, after having been for 18 months employed on the coasts of Ireland and of the north of Spain on board the Amethyst 36, and Warrior 74, both commanded by Capt. John Wm. Spranger, Mr. Haydon was promoted to a Lieutenancy in the Rosamond sloop, Capt. Jas. Whitley Deans, and Benj. Walker, on the North Sea station. His last appointment was, 1 Feb. 1808, to the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, in which frigate, besides assisting at the capture of three heavy privateers, he experienced great hardships during a fruitless pursuit of two French frigates to the coast of Labrador, and was actively employed in 1812 in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. He left the Medusa 30 May, 1813.