A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Panton, Paul Griffith
PANTON. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.)
Paul Griffith Panton, born 31 Oct. 1795, is second son of Jones Panton, Esq., of Plusgurm, co. Anglesey.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hydra 38, Capt. Geo. Mundy; and on being lent, after cruizing for some time in the Mediterranean, to the Canopus 80, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Louis, fought in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806. On finally leaving the Hydra, of which ship he had been created a Midshipman in April, 1807, he joined, in Oct. 1810, the Ulysses 44, bearing the flag at Jersey of Vice-Admiral D’Auvergne. In March and July, 1811, he was successively nominated Acting-Lieutenant and Master’s Mate of the Marlborough 74, and Aeolus 32, Capts. Matthew Henry Scott and Lord Jas. Townshend; and on 7 Feb. 1812, at which period he was again acting as Lieutenant in the Morgiana sloop, Capt. David Scott, he was officially advanced to the rank he now holds. His last appointments were – on 25 of the month last mentioned, to the Colibri 18, Capt. John Thompson, under whom he was wrecked in Port Royal, Jamaica, 22 Aug. 1813 – 2 Sept. following, to the Plantagenet 74, Capt. Robt. Lloyd, which ship he left in Jan. 1814 – and, 5 June, 1818, to the Bellette 20, Capt. Geo. Rich. Pechell, fitting for the Halifax station, whence he returned in 1821.
Lieut. Panton married 3 Oct. 1326, and has issue. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.