A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Maingay, Henry
MAINGAY. (Commander, 1821. f-p., 19; h-p., 28.)
Henry Maingay was born 26 Oct. 1785, in Guernsey, and died 22 Aug. 1846, at Stoke, Devonport. He was first son of the late John Maingy, Esq., of the island of Guernsey, and cousin of the present Commander Peter Maingay, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, in the summer of 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caesar 80, Capt. Jahleel Brenton, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez, under whom he fought in the actions of 6 and 12 July, 1801, off Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. The Caesar being paid off in Aug. 1802, he next, between the following Oct. and Feb. 1806, served as Midshipman, in the Mediterranean and Channel, on board the Révolutionnaire and Décade frigates, Capts. Walter Locke and Wm. Geo. Rutherford, Speedwell, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Robertson, and Charwell, Capt. Dnmaresq. He was confirmed a Lieutenant (after having acted for some months as such in the Cerberus, Tourterelle, and Squirrel, Capts. Selby, Marshall, and Shortland, on the West India and Halifax stations) 17 Sept. 1806; and was subsequently appointed – in the course of 1807, to the Mermaid 32, Capts. Aiskew Paffard Hollis, and, as First-Lieutenant, to the Primrose and Racehorse sloops, Capts. Jas. Mein and Wm. Fisher – 28 March, 1808, to the Victory 100, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Saumarez in the Baltic – 15 Jan. and 9 June, 1813, again as Senior, to the Fylla 20 and Eridanus 36, Capts. Henry Prescott and Wm. Paterson, with whom he served in the Channel until paid off in Oct. 1815 – 8 March, 1816, in a similar capacity, to the Spencer 76, which ship, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. Wm. Robert Broughton, was put out of commission 31 Aug. 1818 – and, 5 July, 1821, still as First-Lieutenant, to the Royal George yacht, Capt. Hon. Sir Chas. Paget. On 14 of the ensuing Dec. Mr. Maingay, after having accompanied Geo. IV,. on his visits to Ireland and Hanover, was promoted to the rank of Commander. He did not again go afloat.
He married, 26 Oct. 1818, Harriet, fourth daughter of the Rev. W. Smith, formerly Rector of Meavy, Devon.