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A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Henderson, John (c)

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1746065A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Henderson, John (c)William Richard O'Byrne

HENDERSON. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)

John Henderson (c) entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Majestic 74, Capt. Geo. Hart, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell on the North Sea station, where, and on the Baltic, he served in the same ship, chiefly as Midshipman, until Jan. 1810. He then in succession joined the Impérieuse 38, Capts. Thos. Garth and Hon. Henry Duncan, Rodney 74, and Ville de Paris 110, both commanded by Capt. Geo. Burlton, Cossack 22, Capts. Thos. Garth and Geo. Price, Vigo 74, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Nicoll Morris, Illustrious 74, Capt. Alex. Skene, Prince 98, Capt. Geo. Fowke, Ariel 16, Capt. Dan. Ross, and St. Lawrence 98, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Edw. W. C. B. Owen, on the Mediterranean, Baltic, Portsmouth, African, and Canadian Lake stations. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 March, 1815, and on leaving the St. Lawrence was appointed to the Prince Regent 56, in which vessel, commanded by Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen, he remained on the Lakes of Canada until Nov. 1816. He has since been on half-pay.