A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Max, John George
MAX. (Lieutenant, 1806. f-p., 13; h-p., 36.)
John George Max entered the Navy, 16 Nov. 1798, as Midshipman, on board the El Corso, Capt. Lord Wm. Stuart, on the Mediterranean station, where he continued, until Sept. 1802, to serve in the Goliath 74, Capt. Thos. Foley, and in the Lion and Champion, both commanded by the above-named nobleman. After a further employment, on Home service (particularly off Boulogne), in the Harpy sloop, Capts. Edm. Heywood and Chas. Pelly, and with Lord Wm. Stuart and Capt. Jas. Carthew in the Crescent frigate, he was promoted, 6 Feb. 1806, to the rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the Albacore sloop, on the Guernsey station. He remained in that vessel a period of two years and a half; and was next, between Feb. 1811 and April, 1814, employed, at Home and in the Baltic, on board the Briseis 10, Capts. Chas. Thurlow Smith and John Halsted, Bellerophon 74, Capt. Augustus Brine, Antelope 50, Capt. Sam. Butcher, and Reynard sloop, Capt. David Latimer St. Clair. He has since been on half-pay. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.