A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hungerford, John
HUNGERFORD. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 28.)
John Hungerford entered the Navy, 22 Jan. 1804, as Master’s Mate, on board the Sandwich, Lieut.-Commander Emanuel Hungerford, lying in the river Medway; where, and in the North Sea, Baltic, and Channel, he served, from Sept. 1805, until Nov. 1811, in the Virginie 38, Capt. Edw. Brace, Imogene sloop, Capt. Thos. Garth, Sandwich again, Procris 18, Capt. Fras. Beauman (in which vessel he attended the expedition of 1807 to Copenhagen), Sandwich once more, Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman, and St. Domingo 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. John Strachan. Prior to the receipt of his first commission, which bears date 4 Feb. 1815, he was further employed on board the Cumberland 74, Capt. Thos. Baker, under whom, besides serving on the coast of Holland, he escorted convoy to and from the West Indies and the Cape of Good Hope. With the exception of the command of the Hound Revenue-vessel, which he held from 20 March, 1829, until April, 1832, Lieut. Hungerford, since 1815, has been on half-pay.