A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ley, George
LEY. (Lieutenant, 1813.)
George Ley entered the Navy, in July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. Joseph Sydney Yorke, attached to the Channel fleet. Removing as Midshipman, in June, 1807, to the Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, he attended the ensuing expedition to Copenhagen, and then returned to the Channel; where, and in the North Sea, he served from May, 1808, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 6 Dec. 1813, on board the Christian VII. 80, and Impregnable 98, flag-ships of Sir Edward Pellew and Admiral Wm. Young. While in the Christian VII., during the years 1809-10, we find him assisting at the destruction of several convoys under the batteries on the coast of France. His next appointments were – 14 Feb. 1814, to the Hope 10, Capts. Edward Saurin and Henry Fyge Jauncey, with whom he was employed on home service until paid off in Oct. 1818 – and 18 April, 1829, to the Ordinary at Sheerness, where he remained until July, 1831. He is now on Quarantine duty.