A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lydiard, George William Charles
LYDIARD. (Captain, 1842.)
George William Charles Lydiard entered the Royal Naval College 22 Sept. 1815; and embarked, 17 Jan. 1818, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. Boger, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth; whence, after having been for a short time borne on the books of the Drake sloop, Capt. Henry Shiffner, he proceeded to the Mediterranean in the Spey 20, commanded at first by Capt. Jas. Kearney White, and next by Capts. Jas. Barnwell Tattnell and John Donaldson Boswall. In May, 1821, and Aug. 1822, being still on the station last named, he was there received in succession into the Rochfort 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Larne sloop, Capt. Robt. Tait. His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank he attained 20 March, 1823, appear to have been – 2 Sept. 1824, to the Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, whence he obtained leave to return – 18 Sept. 1829, to the Ganges 84, Capts. John Hayes, Edw. Stirling Dickson, and Geo. Burdett, again in the Mediterranean – 7 Nov. 1833, as Senior, after 20 months of half-pay, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Fras. Mason, fitting for South America – 7 Oct. 1834, to the acting-command of the Satellite 18, on the latter station – and, 19 Feb. 1835, again to the Blonde. He was promoted to the rank of Commander, on that ship being put out of commission, 5 Dec. 1837; and was lastly, from 31 July, 1838, until paid off at the close of 1841, employed as Second-Captain of the Donegal 78, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir John Acworth Ommanney on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations. He was posted 30 Aug. 1842.