A Naval Biographical Dictionary/King, Henry (a)
KING. (Lieutenant, 1818. f-p., 10; h-p., 28.)
Henry King (a) entered the Navy, 21 May, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Venerable 74, Capts. Andrew King and Sir Home Popham, in which ship, after attending the expedition to the Walcheren, he served in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain until unfortunately taken prisoner in a land affair at Guetaria 17 July, 1812. On his return to liberty he joined, in May, 1814, the Stirling Castle 74, commanded at first by Sir H. Popham, and afterwards by Capt. Wm. Butterfield; and in the following Aug. he removed to the Maeander 38, Capt. John Bastard, stationed off Lisbon and Gibraltar. From June, 1815, until May, 1816, we find him employed on board the Iris, flag-ship in the Thames of his friend Sir Home Popham. In Oct. 1817 he accompanied that officer, in the Sybille frigate, to the West Indies, where, on 29 Jan. 1818, he was nominated by him to a Lieutenancy in the Rifleman 18, Capt. Norwich Duff – an act which the Admiralty confirmed by a commission dated 30 April in the same year. Mr. King’s next appointments were to the Primrose 18, Capt. Chas. Geo. Rodney Phillott, Beaver sloop, Capts. Wm. Popham and Rich. Saumarez, Iphigenia frigate, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Sybille again, Capt. Wm. Popham. He has been on half-pay, we believe, since 1820. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.