A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Muller, Henry
MULLER. (Lieut., 1803. f-p., 23; h-p., 28.)
Henry Muller entered the Navy, 9 Oct. 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capts. John McDougall and Edw. Buller, employed at first in the Channel, and then in the Mediterranean, where, in April, 1800, he removed as Midshipman, a rating he had attained in Dec. 1797, to the Adventure 44, armée en flûte, Capts. Robt. Mansel and Chas. Carter. After a servitude of two years and eight months on the Channel and Jamaica stations in the Autumn sloop, Capt. Wm. Richardson, Ambuscade 36, Capt. Hon. John Colville, Racoon 18, Capts. Wm. Rathborne and Austin Bissell, and Leviathan and Hercule 74’s, both flag-ships of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he participated in many operations off St. Domingo, he was promoted, 4 Nov. 1803, to a Lieutenancy in the Tartar 32, Capts. John Perkins, Edw. Hawker, and Stephen Poyntz; in which ship we find him contributing to the capture, 9 June, 1806, of L’Observateur French national brig of 18 guns and 104 men. On his return to England from Halifax in the following Dec. he obtained an appointment to the Dreadnought 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby in the Channel. He was afterwards, from Feb. 1809 until Jan. 1815, and from Nov. 1818 until Jan. 1823, employed in command of a signal-station, and as an Inspecting Commander in the Water Guard.