A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnson, George Charles Jefferyes
JOHNSON. (Lieut., 1841. f-p., 13; h-p., 7.)
George Charles Jefferyes Johnson was born 26 March, 1814.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 6 Sept. 1827, and embarked, 27 June, 1829, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Philomel 10, Capts. Chas. Graham, Hugh Berners, and Wm. Smith, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, where he remained until the summer of 1833. In May, 1834, eight months after he had passed his examination, he returned to the latter station, as Mate, in the Portland 52, Capt. David Price, under whom he served for a period of exactly four years. Joining next, in March, 1839, the Implacable 74, Capt. Edw. Harvey, he bore a part in that ship in the operations on the coast of Syria in 1840; in Dec. of which year he removed to the Thunderer 84, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley and Daniel Pring. He continued in the Mediterranean until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Nov. 1841; and has since been on half-pay. Agent – J. Chippendale.