A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Norie, Evelyn
NORIE. (Retired Commander, 1840. f-p., 20; h-p., 33.)
Evelyn Norie is brother of Mr. John Wm. Norie, author of ‘The Naval Gazetteer,’ ‘A Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation,’ &c., and late of the firm of J. W. Norie and Wilson, Publishers, of 157, Leadenhall Street, London.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 June, 1794, as Ordinary, on board the Glory 98, Capt. Bourmaster, attached to the Channel fleet. Removing, in Dec. of the same year, to the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Henry Harvey, he served in that ship in the action off Ile de Groix 23 June, 1795, and also at the reduction of Trinidad in Feb. 1797. On his return to England in Jan. 1800 in the Concorde 36, Capt. Robt. Barton, he was received on board the Royal William, Capt. Fras. Pickmore, lying at Spithead. Being soon again ordered to the West Indies in the Juno 32, Capt. Geo. Dundas, he there, 11 April, 1800, joined the Busy 18, Capts. John Acworth Ommanney, Lord Viscount Falkland, Win. Henry Byam, Michael Spencer, and Timothy Clinch; in which vessel he assisted at the capture of a Spanish letter-of-marque, and continued employed, as Midshipman, Master’s Mate, and Acting-Master, until Oct. 1803. In Jan. 1804 he became Master’s Mate of the Volcano bomb, on the coast of France; where, from Jan. 1805 until presented with a full commission bearing date 12 Sept. 1806, he officiated as Sub-Lieutenant on board the Thrasher, Clinker, and Sparkler gun-brigs. His subsequent appointments were – 14 Oct. 1806, to the Mars 74, Capt. Wm. Lukin, in which ship he was slightly wounded during the attack of 1807 upon Copenhagen – in Sept. and Oct. 1809, to the Trinculo and Goldfinch sloops, the latter commanded by Capt. Arden Adderley – and, for a few months in 1815, to the Cherokee 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, and, as Senior, to the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll. From May, 1810, to May, 1814, Lieut. Norie was a prisoner of war in France. He accepted his present rank 13 Oct. 1840.