A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hill, John (b)
HILL. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 34; h-p., 17.)
John Hill (b), born 5 Oct. 1789, is a relative of John Hill, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. (1808). This officer entered the Navy, in 1796, on board the Goliath 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Henry Knowles and Thos. Foley. After sharing in the action off Cape St. Vincent, and in the battle of the Nile, he accompanied Capt. Foley, in Dec. 1799, into the Elephant 74, in which ship, commanded latterly by Capt. Geo. Dundas, he fought at Copenhagen 2 April, 1801, and served, in the Channel and West Indies, until Jan. 1804. He then became Midshipman in succession of the Racoon and Diligence sloops, both under the orders of Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, with whom he continued on the West India station until appointed Master’s Mate, in Sept. 1805, of the Savage 16, Capt. Jas. Wilkes Maurice, attached to the force on the coast of Ireland. He next, towards the close of 1806, joined the Snake 18, Capt. Edw. Crofton, from which vessel, however, he was soon transferred to the Linnet 12, Lieut.-Commander John Tracey, part of the armament employed in 1809 in the expedition to the Walcheren. From Jan. 1810 until March, 1813, Mr. Hill officiated, on the Home station, as Midshipman, and alternately as Acting-Lieutenant and Master’s Mate, in the Tromp 12, Lieut.-Commander Michael M‘Carthy, Experiment 12, Capt. Jas. Slade, Fylla 20, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, Monmouth 64, bearing the flag of Admiral Foley, Phipps 14, Capt. Thos. Percival, Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife, Monmouth again, and Cordelia 10, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy. For five months of 1813, he was next employed with Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on the Canadian Lakes. Between Jan. 1814 and Aug. 1815, we further find him employed on the Home and East India stations in the Experiment, Capt. Jas. Slade, once more in the Monmouth, and in the Termagant 20, Capt. Chas. Shaw.[1] He lastly served – in 1828, in the Coast Guard – from 2 March, 1830, to March 1833, in command of the Camelion and Badger Revenue-cruizers – and from 26 Aug. 1834 until 1845, again in the Coast Guard.
- ↑ He then took up a commission, dated 7 Feb. 1815.