A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lane, Dennys
LANE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Dennys Lane died in 1846. He was third son of the Rev. Rich. Lane, of Coffleet and Bradley, co. Devon, by Lucy, daughter of Nicholas Dennys, Esq., of Ashley, near Tiverton; and brother-in-law of Samborne Stuckley Palmer, Esq., of Timsbury House, co. Somerset.
This officer entered the Navy 24 May, 1832; passed his examination 11 Aug. 1838; attained the rank of Lieutenant, while serving as Mate on board the Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the East Indies, 27 Oct. 1841; and was appointed, 31 March and 17 Nov. 1842, to the Modeste 18, and North Star 26, Capts. Bundle Burges Watson and Sir Jas. Everard Home, both on the same station, whence he returned home and was paid off in the summer of 1846.