A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Nazer, Henry
NAZER. (Commander, 1828. f-p., 20; h-p., 28.)
Henry Nazer was born at Sandwich, co. Kent, and died in 1846. He was brother of the present Retired Commander Kelly Nazer, R.N.; and also of Lieut. Wm. Nazer, R.N. (1794), who died at Jamaica in 1804, and of Lieut. John Ferrier Nazer, R.N. (1796), who died at the same place in 1798. His uncle, John Ferrier, died a full Admiral.
This officer entered the Navy, in April, 1799, as Second-Master and Pilot, on board the Eagle receiving-vessel at Poole, in Dorsetshire, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Nazer; removed, as Master’s Mate, in Sept. 1801, to the York 74, Capt. John Ferrier, lying in the River Thames; and from July, 1802, until March, 1807, served in the East Indies on board the Concorde 36, and Phaeton 38, both commanded by Capt. John Wood. In the Concorde he assisted at the capture, after a long chase and running fight, of a privateer mounting 30 guns; and in the Phaeton he took part, in company with the Harrier 18, in a severe action of two hours, fought 2 Aug. 1805, with the French 36-gun frigate Sémillante, and several batteries at the entrance of the Straits of St. Bernardino, Philippine Islands; on which occasion the Phaeton, besides having two persons wounded, sustained damage in her sails, rigging, and masts, had three of her boats injured, and received nine shot in her hull. In the course of 1807 Mr. Nazer successively joined the Sceptre and Albion 74’s, Capts. Joseph Bingham and John Ferrier, also in the East Indies; where he was made Lieutenant, 2 May, 1808, into the St. Fiorenzo 36, Capt. John Bastard, and where he continued to serve, in the Samarang 18, Capt. Rich. Buck, Caroline 36, Capt. Chas. Gordon, and Terpsichore 32, Capt. Jas. Murray Gordon, until his return to England in July, 1809. Joining, in the following Nov., the Iris 36, Capts. Thos. Geo. Shortland and Hood Hanway Christian, he was afforded an opportunity of actively co-operating with the patriots in the north of Spain, and of contributing to the reduction of several small towns along the coast. His last appointments were – 7 Nov. 1811 and 29 Jan. 1813, to the Bellerophon and Scarborough 74’s, flag-ships off the Scheldt of his relative Rear-Admiral J. Ferrier – 24 Sept. 1814 (having left the Scarborough in the preceding May), to the Monmouth 64, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thos. Foley in the Downs, where he remained but a few weeks – 4 March, 1819, to the command (which he retained until wrecked, near Torbay, 5 Dec. ensuing) of the Vigilant Revenue-cruizer – and, 5 Oct. 1820, to that of the Badger, also employed in the protection of the revenue. In the latter vessel, with a loss of 1 man killed and 7, including himself, wounded, he succeeded, at the close of a running action of three hours, in making prize of a smuggling lugger, 3 of whose people were killed and 5 wounded. He left the Badger in Dec. 1824; and on 28 Aug. 1823 was presented with a second promotal commission.
Commander Nazer married Louisa, daughter of Thos. Woolnough, Esq., of Hallesley, Suffolk, by whom he has left issue two sons and one daughter.