A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Pace, Edmund Howard
PACE. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 15; h-p., 23.)
Edmund Howard Pace is nephew of the late Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C.B.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1809, as Fst.-cl Vol., on board the Freija 38, commanded in the West Indies by his uncle Capt. John Hayes; and was next, from Sept. 1810 to Nov. 1815, employed on the Home and North American stations as Midshipman, in the Vengeur 74, flag-ship of Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Bulwark 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Rich. King, Loire 38, Capt. Thos. Brown, Majestic 56, Capt. John Hayes, and Ply and Musquito sloops, Capts. John Baldwin, Robt. Tomlinson, and Geo. Brine. In the Freija he served at the reduction of Guadeloupe in Feb. 1810; he escorted, in the Vengeur, a large body of troops intended as a reinforcement to the Duke of Wellington’s army in Portugal; and in the Majestic, previously to witnessing the surrender of the American ship President, he assisted at the capture, 3 Feb. 1814, after a running action of two hours and a half, of the Terpsichore French frigate of 44 guns. In the Fly he was present, 18 July, 1815, at the cutting-out of several vessels from the harbour of Corrijou [errata 1] – an exploit more fully alluded to in our history of Sir Chas. Malcolm. Between Feb. 1816 and May, 1821, Mr. Pace became in succession attached as Admiralty-Midshipman, on the Home, Mediterranean, West India, and St. Helena stations, to the Ganymede 26, Capt, Wm. M‘Culloch, Glasgow 40, Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland (part of the force engaged at the battle of Algiers), Heron 18, Capt. Herbert Brace Powell, Tigris 36, Capt. Robt. Henderson, Spartan 38, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and Vigo 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Robt. Lambert. He then returned to England as Master’s Mate of a store-ship, Master-Commander Thompson; and in Aug. of the same year, 1821, took up a commission bearing date 29 of the preceding Jan. His next appointment was, 2 June, 1824, to the Champion 18, Capt. John Fitzgerald Studdert, fitting for the East Indies; whence, in 1826, he came home as First-Lieutenant of the Arachne 18, Capt. And. Baird. With the exception of a short period passed in the Coast Guard about 1831, he has since been on half-pay. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
PACE. (Lieutenant, 1821.)
Edmund Howard Pace is the son of a Chaplain in the Navy. One of his brothers filled the same rank in the Service; and two of them were officers in the Army. During the war with America he saw much boat work in the Chesapeake, and was engaged in frequent skirmishes with the enemy. In the affair at Corrijou he held the rating of Master’s Mate, and brought out the last of the captured vessels. For his conduct at the battle of Algiers he was mentioned in honourable terms by Lord Exmouth to the Prince Regent. He served during the Burmese war in the Columbine and Arachne: on its conclusion he returned home in the latter vessel with despatches.