A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Johnston, James Henry
JOHNSTON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
James Henry Johnston entered the Navy, 16 April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spartiate 74, Capts. Geo. Murray, John Manley, and Sir Fras. Laforey. In that ship, after serving, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, off Ferrol and Rochefort, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and on 21 Oct. 1805 was present in the battle of Trafalgar. He removed, in Oct. 1809, to the Ocean 98, bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood, who, on 4 of the next Dec, nominated him Lieutenant of the Canopus 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Geo. Martin – an act which the Admiralty confirmed by commission dated 16 Feb. 1810. Being superseded from the Canopus in Nov. of the latter year, Mr. Johnston was subsequently appointed – 23 Sept. 1811, to the Kite sloop, Capts. Benj. Crispin and Geo. Canning, employed off the Texel and in the Mediterranean – in Jan. 1813, to the command of the Quail schooner, stationed in the Archipelago under the orders of Capt. John Clavell – in Aug. 1813, again to the Kite, Capts. Rowland Mainwairing and Thos. Forster, off the coast of Syria – and, 3 Dec. 1814, to the Leveret 10, Capt. Jonathan Christian, in the Downs. He has been on half-pay since July, 1815.