A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Magan, Arthur
MAGAN. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 7; h-p., 33.)
Arthur Magan entered the Navy, 14 Nov. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pearl, Lieut.-Commander Woodriff, lying at Spithead; cruized, from May 1808 to July 1809, in the North Sea and Channel, in the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood; and, between the latter date and Sept. 1814, served with Capt. Geo. Burlton, chiefly in the capacities of Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Resolution and Rodney 74’s, Ville de Paris 110, and Boyne 98, on the Home and Mediterranean stations. The Resolution formed part of the force employed at the destruction of the French shipping in Basque Roads and at the siege of Flushing in 1809; and the Boyne, of the armament under Sir Edw. Pellew in his partial actions of 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814 with the Toulon fleet. On leaving that ship Mr. Magan took up a commission dated 16 June, 1814. He has since been on half-pay.