A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lyde, George
LYDE. (Lieutenant, 1814. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
George Lyde entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1803, as Midshipman, on board the Prince of Wales 98, Capt. Wm. Cuming, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Calder. After sharing in the action fought off Cape Finisterre 22 July, 1805, he successively followed Capt. Cuming, in 1806, into the Isis 50, and Sampson 64 – escorting Rear-Admiral Chas. Stirling, in the latter ship, to the Rio de la Plata, and a convoy thence to the Cape of Good Hope. Returning to Europe in the early part of 1807, he served from May in that year until promoted to his present rank 9 Sept. 1814, chiefly as Master’s Mate, although for a short time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Inflexible 64, Capt. Joshua Rowley Watson, Éclair 18, Capt. Chas. Kempthorne Quash, Bombay 74, Capts. Wm. Cuming, Norborne Thompson, and Geo. Parker, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, on the Home, Baltic, and Mediterranean stations. He has since been on half-pay. He had served in the Bombay from 19 Oct. 1808 until 20 April, 1814, and had passed his examination in 1809.
Lieut. Lyde married, 14 Dec. 1830, Catherine, youngest daughter of Commander Wm. West, R.N., who died in 1811. He has issue six children.