A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Miall, George Gover
MIALL. (Commander, 1838. f-p., 24; h-p., 23.)
George Gover Miall entered the Navy. 24 Feb. 1800, as Third-cl, Vol., on board the Achille 74, Capts. Geo. Murray and Edw. Buller, bearing the flag in the Channel of Earl St. Vincent; and from June, 1802, until Oct. 1806, was employed on the North American station, chiefly in the capacity of Midshipman, in the 50-gun ships Leander and Leopard, Capts. Jas, Oughton, Fras. Wm. Fane, Alex. S. Kene, Wm. Lyall, John Talbot, Henry Whitby, and Salusbury Pryce Humphreys. In the Leander, under Capt. Talbot, he assisted at the capture, 23 Feb. 1805, of the French frigate La Ville de Milan, of 48 guns, and the simultaneous re-capture of her prize, the Cleopatra 32. On leaving the Leopard as above he was appointed to the command, with the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, of the Chebuctoo schooner, also on the American station, where, in April, 1807, he was ordered to act as Lieutenant-Commander of the Bream, another schooner, to which he was confirmed by a commission dated 11 April, 1808. His succeeding appointments were, to the command – 1 June and 25 July, 1809, of the Duguay Trouin and Vesta schooners, in the latter of which we find him employed until Sept. 1815 in carrying despatches to the West Indies, the coast of Africa, the Mediterranean, Newfoundland, and the coasts of Portugal, France, and Spain – 5 April, 1826, for three years, of the Royal Charlotte Revenue-vessel – 1 Nov. 1832, of the Minx 3, on the Jamaica station, where he remained until the following Aug. – and, 6 Sept. 1833, of the Forester 3, in which vessel, attached to the force on the African coast, he had the fortune, in the course of three years and a half, to effect the capture of five slavers, having on board 1115 negroes, and to make prize of two others fully equipped. During the nine months immediately antecedent to his promotion to the rank of Commander, 28 June, 1838, Lieut. Miall officiated as Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. He has since been on half-pay. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.