A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Monk, George Mitford
MONK. (Lieutenant, 1812.)
George Mitford Monk entered the Navy, 29 Jan. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ramillies 74, Capts. Fras. Pickmore and Robt. Yarker; and, on 13 March, 1806, while cruizing with a squadron under the orders of Sir John Borlase Warren, was present at the capture of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. In Oct. and Nov. 1808 (he had attained the rating of Midshipman in April, 1807) he successively joined the Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Fras. Beauman, and Resistance 38, Capts. Chas. Adam, John Hollinworth, and Philip Rosenhagen; and on 23 Jan. 1812, on his return home from the Mediterranean in the Topaze 36, Capt. Edw. Harvey, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Being ordered back in the Armada 74, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire, he joined, on his arrival off Toulon, the Edinburgh 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles. He was subsequently, during five months of the same year, 1812, again employed, under Capt. Devonshire, in the St. Albans 64, at the defence of Cadiz. From Feb. 1813 until Nov. 1814 we find him attached to the Niobe 40, Capts. Wm. Augustus Montagu and Henry Colins Deacon, stationed at first on the coasts of America and Portugal, and then engaged in conveying the staff of the Russian Imperial Guards to Cronstadt. His last appointments were – 2 Dec. 1814, to the Niger 38, Capt. Peter Rainier, with whom he remained for about nine months at the Cape of Good Hope – 3 July, 1816, to the Laeander 50, Capt. Edw. Chetham, in which ship he assisted at the bombardment of Algiers – and, 27 Jan. 1817, to an Inspecting Command in the Water Guard. Lieut. Monk’s services afloat extend to a period of ten years.