A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Madge, Robert Pepperel
MADGE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
Robert Pepperel Madge entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Adamant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, lying in the Downs; and from 27 of the same month until Nov. 1810, served in the Bay of Biscay and Mediterranean, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, in the Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Phipps Hornby, and Abel Ferris. After a prolonged servitude on the same station in the Salsette 36, Capt. John Hollinworth, and Volage 22, Capt. P. Hornby, he proceeded in the latter vessel, under Capt. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay, to the East Indies, where, from Sept. 1812 until 1815, he performed the duties of Master’s Mate and Acting-Master in the Malacca 36, Capts. Mackay and Geo. Henderson. In Aug. 1815, at which period he was officiating at Spithead as a Supernumerary of the Prince 98, Capt. Edm. Boger, we find him presented with a commission dated 21 Feb. in that year. He last appointment was, 16 Dec. 1817, to the Florida 24, Capt. Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, with whom he served on the Home station until paid off in Dec. 1818. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.