A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Horton, Frederick Wilmot
HORTON. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 13; h-p., 2.)
Frederick Wilmot Horton is a relative of Sir Robt. J. W. Horton, Bart.
This officer entered the Navy 6 Nov. 1832; passed his examination in 1838; obtained his commission 9 May, 1839; and was successively appointed – on 22 of the same month, to the Jaseur 16, Capt. Fred. Moore Boultbee, stationed in the Mediterranean – and, 31 Oct. 1840, and 29 Aug. 1842, to the Endymion 44, and, as Senior-Lieutenant, to the Dido 18, Capts. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey and Hon. Henry Keppel, both in the East Indies. For his spirited and zealous exertions in command of the boats of the latter vessel at the destruction of the forts and settlements belonging to the pirates in the Sarebus river, on the coast of Borneo, he obtained the expressed approbation of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Wm. Parker, and of the Board of Admiralty, and was promoted to the rank of Commander 6 Jan. 1844. He was appointed, 17 Feb. 1846, to the Cygnet 6, on the African station, where, since 24 of the following April, he has been serving in the Kingfisher 12. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.