A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hayter, Benjamin
HAYTER. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
Benjamin Hayter entered the Navy, 7 June, 1803, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Magnificent 74, Capt. Wm. Hen. Jervis, under whom he was wrecked, on a sunken rock, near Brest, 25 March, 1804. From that period he remained a prisoner in France until the peace of 1814, when, being restored to liberty, he joined the Scipion 74, Capt. Hen. Heathcote, in which ship, and in the Slaney 20, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius, he served on the Mediterranean and Home stations until Aug. 1815 – witnessing, in the latter vessel, the surrender of Napoleon Buonaparte. Joining, next, the Impregnable 98, he fought in that ship under the flag of Rear-Admiral David Milne at the bombardment of Algiers. Being, however, discharged in Oct. 1816, Mr. Hayter did not again go afloat until nominated Admiralty-Midshipman, in Jan. 1818, of the Drake sloop, Capt. Hen. Shiffner. He returned to England in Feb. 1819, having been advanced to the rank of Lieutenant by commission bearing date 19 of the previous Sept., and has not been since employed.