A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Nolloth, Matthew Stainton
NOLLOTH. (Commander, 1846.)
Matthew Stainton Nolloth entered the Navy 27 Aug. 1824; passed his examination in 1830; and obtained his first commission 28 June, 1838. His succeeding appointments were – 16 May, 1839, to the Childers 16, Capts. Edw. Pellew Halsted and Geo. Greville Wellesley, in which vessel, paid off in 1844, he participated in the operations of 1842 in the Yang-tse-Kiang, and served for some time as First-Lieutenant – and, 22 Nov. 1845, in the capacity last mentioned, to the Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope, fitting for the coast of Africa. Since his attainment of the rank he now holds, 12 March, 1846, he has been on half-pay.