A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Morris, Peter
MORRIS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Peter Morris entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1805, as A.B., on board the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens, stationed in the Channel. In March, 1806, he removed as Midshipman, a rating he had previously attained, to the Ocean 98, bearing the flag of Lord Collingwood off Cadiz; and after an attachment of nine months to the Hindostan 50, Capt. Lewis Hole, off Lisbon, he served as Master’s Mate, from Jan. 1809 to May, 1814, in the Bay of Biscay, on board the Goldfinch of 10 guns and 75 men, Capts. Fitzherbert Geo. Skinner and Arden Adderley, under the former of whom he assisted in beating off, 18 May, 1809, the French corvette Mouche, of 16 guns and 180 men, at the close of an action of four hours, in which the British vessel, besides being much cut up, sustained a loss of 3 men killed and 3 severely wounded. After attending, in the Alceste troop-ship, Capt. Dan. Lawrence, the expedition to New Orleans, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10 March, 1815. His last appointment was, 4 Nov. in the latter year, to the Weser, another troop-ship, also commanded by Capt. Lawrence, in which he remained until paid off on his return from a voyage to the West Indies, 16 Aug. 1816. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.