A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mould, Richard Cotton
MOULD. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.)
Richard Cotton Mould is second-cousin of Lieut. Wm. Mould, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Révolutionnaire 38, Capts. Thos. Twysden and Hon. John Murray, stationed off the coast of Ireland; and between July, 1800, and Jan. 1806, was employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, chiefly in the Mediterranean and at Home, on board the Vigilant, Capt. Jas. Wood, Aurora, Capts. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild and Micajah Malbon, Falcon, Capt. Henry Manaton Ommanney, Windsor Castle, Capts. Albemarle Bertie, Thos. Wells, and Davidge Gould, and Ariadne, Capt. Hon. Edw. King. In the latter ship, in 1805, we find him once or twice warmly engaged with the invasion flotilla. On leaving her, as above, he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Starling cutter, Lieut.-Commander Chas. Fred. Napier, in the North Sea. He was confirmed, 12 May, 1807, into the Recruit 18, Capt. Hon. Warwick Lake, whom he accompanied to the West Indies; and he was afterwards appointed – 21 June, 1808, to the Nimrod sloop, Capt. De Courcy, in which vessel he returned to England – 15 Dec. 1808, to the St. Alban’s 64, Capts. Fras. Wm. Austen, Edw. Brace, Chas. Grant, and John Ferris Devonshire, employed at first in escorting convoy to the East Indies and China, and next, until Nov. 1812, at the defence of Cadiz – and, 10 July, 1813, and (after eight months of half-pay) 28 April, 1815, to the Clarence 74, Capts. Henry Vansittart and Fred. Warren, and Swiftsure 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, both attached to the force in the Channel. He was paid off from the Swiftsure in Aug. 1815; and awarded the rank of Commander on the Retired List 10 Feb. 1843.
Commander Mould was left a widower 26 Oct. 1845.