A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Houstoun, Wallace
HOUSTOUN. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 18; h-p., 5.)
Wallace Houstoun entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1824; passed his examination in 1830; obtained his first commission 3 March, 1832; and was appointed – 8 Dec. 1832, to the Childers 18, Capt. Robt. Deans – 10 Jan. 1833, to the Spartiate 76, flag-ship of Sir Michael Seymour in South America – 10 March, 1834, to the Conway 28, Capt. Henry Eden, with whom he returned to England and was paid off in Oct. 1835 – 9 June, 1836, to the Macagascar 44, Capts. Sir John Strutt Peyton and Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, in which ship he served on the North America and West India station, latterly as First-Lieutenant, until put out of commission in the summer of 1839 – 23 July and 27 Oct. 1840, to the Impregnable 104, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships of Sir Graham Moore at Plymouth – and, 17 Aug. 1841, to the Illustrious 72, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Adam, in North America and the West Indies. Attaining his present rank 7 May, 1842, he was invested with the command, 3 Aug. following, of the Pilot 16, on the station last named; and on 4 March, 1843, was transferred to that of the Imaum 72, bearing the broad pendant at Jamaica of Commodore Alex. Renton Sharpe. He has been on half-pay since June, 1844.