A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnson, Charles Richardson
JOHNSON. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Charles Richardson Johnson entered the Navy 27 Oct. 1826; passed his examination in 1834; obtained his commission 19 Feb. 1840; and on 6 of the following March joined the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, to whom he officiated as Flag-Lieutenant for a few months at the commencement of 1841. During the operations on the coast of Syria he commanded the boats in the attack upon Gebail,[1] served a good deal on shore, assisted at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, and, subsequently to the fall of that city, was contused by the explosion of a magazine. His appointments have since been – 11 May, 28 Aug., and 12 Nov. 1841, to the Ganges 84, Powerful 84, and Rodney 92, Capts. Harrington Reynolds, Geo. Mansel, and Robt. Maunsell, all in the Mediterranean – 17 Oct. 1842, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard, with whom he returned to England – 23 Feb. 1843, to the Coast Guard – 3 Sept. 1844, as First-Lieutenant, to the Éclair steam-sloop, Capt. Walter Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, fitting for the coast of Africa – 25 Jan. 1845, to the Ardent, another steamer, on the same station – 21 Nov. 1845, to the Trafalgar 120, Capt. John Neale Nott, attached to the Channel squadron – and, 29 June, 1846, to the command of the Comet steamer, of 80-horse power, in which he is now employed on particular service.
He married, at Malta, 17 Oct. 1842, Julia, daughter of Major-General Bredin, of the Royal Artillery, by whom he has issue.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2253.