A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Legard, James Anlaby
LEGARD, K.T.S. (Commander, 1838.)
James Anlaby Legard passed his examination in 1825; and for his services at the battle of Navarin was made Lieutenant, 22 Oct. 1827, into the Brisk 10, Capt. Thos. Smith. His succeeding appointments were – 2 March, 1829, to the Infernal bomb, Capts. Popham and Orlando Geo. Sutton Gunning, on the Mediterranean station – 30 Aug. 1832 (after two years of half-pay) to the Aetna 6, Capt. Edw. Belcher, employed in the river Douro for the protection of British property during the civil war – 14 May, 1833, as Senior, to the Volage 28, Capts. Geo. Bohun Martin and Peter Richards, in which ship, with the exception of a short time passed at the close of 1835 in the Caledonia 120, under the flag of Sir Josias Rowley, he served in the Mediterranean for three years and a half – and, 18 Jan. 1837, in a similar capacity, again to the Caledonia. He was paid off in the following summer; and on 28 June, 1838, was advanced to his present rank. He has since been on half-pay. Commander Legard, in 1844, obtained the royal permission to accept and wear the Insignia of a K.T.S.