A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Liddon, Matthew John

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LIDDON. (Lieutenant, 1828.)

Matthew John Liddon entered the Navy 13 July, 1815; passed his examination in 1822; and obtained his commission 23 May, 1828. His appointments have since been – 16 Sept. 1828, to the Victor 18, Capt. Rich. Keane, on the Jamaica station, whence he returned to England in 1830 in the Fairy 10, Capt. Fras. Blair – and 14 July, 1838, to the Coast Guard, in which service he still continues.

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