A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Heysham, James
HEYSHAM. (Lieut., 1827. h-p., 17; h-p., 18.)
James Heysham entered the Navy 17 May, 1812, and was for 15 years employed as Fst.-cl. Vol., Midshipman, and Mate, on board the Prince of Wales 98, Bombay and Berwick 74’s, and other ships, on the North Sea, Mediterranean, Western Island, West India, English Channel, South American, and African stations. Having passed his examination in 1818, he was at length, on 4 May, 1827, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His last appointments were – 21 April, 1831, to the Pearl 20, Capts. Wm. Broughton and Robt. Gordon, at first employed in protecting the British interests in the Western Islands, during the disputes between Don Pedro and Don Miguel, and then attached to the force in the West Indies – and, 29 Oct. 1832, to the Winchester 52, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, on the latter station. He invalided home 15 March, 1833.