A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Jackson, George Melville
JACKSON. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
George Melville Jackson entered the Navy in 1831; passed his examination 21 April, 1838; served in the Mediterranean, from 1840 until paid off in 1844, as Mate on board the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling; then joined in succession the St. Vincent 120, Queen 110, and Trafalgar 120, flag-ships at Portsmouth and Sheerness of Sir Chas. Rowley and Sir John Chambers White; and on 24 March, 1845, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He has been since serving on the S.E. coast of America in the Grecian 16, Capts. Alex. Leslie Montgomery and Louis Symonds Tindal.