A Naval Biographical Dictionary/King, George (a)
KING. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
George King (a) entered the Navy, 1 May, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Utrecht 64, Capts. John Wentworth Loring, Fras. Pickmore, and Henry Inman, lying in the Downs; and from Jan. 1805, until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 Sept. 1810, was employed under the present Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, latterly as Master’s Mate, in the Immortalité and Clyde frigates. He was consequently present in several affairs with the enemy’s flotilla; also in the attack made with Congreve’s rockets on the town of Boulogne in Oct. 1806, and in the operations against Flushing in 1809. On the occasion of his promotion as above, Mr. King joined the Ariel sloop, Capt. Daniel Ross, and sailed for the Baltic. From March, 1812, until within a few days of his attainment of the rank of Commander, 15 June, 1814, he served off the mouth of the Scheldt in the Inconstant 36 and Cornwall 74, both commanded by Capt. Owen. He has since been on half-pay.
Commander King is a Magistrate at Van Diemen’s Land. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.