A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Noble, William Blackmore
NOBLE. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
William Blackmore Noble entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, with whom, as Midshipman of the same ship, and of the Quebec 32, and Lively 38, he continued very actively employed, as shown in the memoir of that officer, until wrecked off the island of Malta 10 Aug. 1810. In the following Dec. he joined the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Cotton in the Mediterranean and Channel; and in June, 1812, he accompanied Capt. M‘Kinley, who had latterly had command of that ship, into the Bellona 74. After a servitude of 20 months in the North Sea and again in the Channel, he proceeded in the early part of 1814 to Lake Ontario, where he was received on board the Prince Regent 56, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, by whom he was nominated Lieutenant of the Charwell schooner, Capt. Edw. Rowley. He was confirmed to that vessel 27 Aug. 1814. In Sept. 1815 he returned to England, and he has since been on half-pay. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.