A Naval Biographical Dictionary/McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier

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M‘CLURE. (Lieutenant, 1837.)

Robert John Le Mesurier M‘Clure passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his commission 30 Nov. 1837. His appointments have since been – 1 Feb. 1838, to the Hastings 74, Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch, fitting at Portsmouth – 16 June following, to the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, on the Lakes of Canada – 17 Aug. 1839, as First-Lieutenant, to the Pilot 16, Capt. Geo. Ramsay, attached to the force in North America and the West Indies – 18 June, 1842, to the command of the Romney receiving-ship at the Havana, where he remained until the early part of 1846 – and, 29 Dec. in the latter year, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is now employed.

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