A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Payne, Richard
PAYNE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.)
Richard Payne entered the Navy, 26 Feb. 1799, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Caesar 80, Capt. (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Sir Jas. Saumarez; under whom, in July, 1801, he fought in the actions off Algeciras and in the Gut of Gibraltar. In Aug. 1802 he left the Caesar. He was next, between Sept. 1803 and Dec. 1812, employed in the Channel and Baltic on board the San Josef 110, Hibernia 110, Diomede 50, and Victory 100, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton, Earl St. Vincent, and Sir Jas. Saumarez; he then joined the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Geo. Burlton, lying at Portsmouth; and in March, 1814, after having again served for 12 months in the Baltic, part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Ariel sloop, Capt. Dan. Ross, he was nominated Acting-Master (he had been for three months Second-Master of the Victory) of the Harrier 16, Capts. Andrew Pellet Green, John Forbes, and Sir Chas. Thos. Jones. In the latter vessel he took part in the grand naval review held before the Allied Sovereigns at Portsmouth, and was afterwards sent on a cruize among the Canary Islands. He was advanced to his present rank 13 Feb. 1815; and has since been on half-pay.