A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Peirse, Edward
PEIRSE. (Commander, 1842.)
Edward Peirse entered the Navy 24 April, 1827; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his first commission 22 April, 1834; and was subsequently appointed – 24 May, 1834, to the Spartiate 76, flag-ship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond in South America – 6 March, 1835, to the Dublin 50, Capt. Chas. Hope, lying at Plymouth – 21 Sept. 1835, to the Nimrod 20, Capt. John Frazer, on the North America and West India station, where he became First-Lieutenant, and was superseded in Aug. 1836 – 14 Sept. 1837, for a short time, to the Tyne 28, Capt. John Townshend, equipping at Portsmouth – 8 Oct. 1838, as Additional, to the Stag 46, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Thos. Ball Sulivan in South America, whence he returned in the summer of 1839 – and, 18 May, 1842, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, in the Mediterranean. He acquired the rank of Commander 10 Nov. 1842 and since 12 Nov. 1846, has been serving in the East Indies in the Cruizer 16 and Nerbudda 12. His appointment to the latter vessel took place 27 Oct. 1847.