A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Pinhorn, William
PINHORN. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 19; h-p., 17.)
William Pinhorn died 23 July, 1845, at Sunderland, in his 48th year.
This officer entered the Navy, 21 Nov. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer, with whom he continued actively employed in the East Indies as Midshipman, and the last nine months as Acting-Lieutenant, until Dec. 1816 – assisting during that period at the reduction of Java and in a desperate attack made upon the pirates of Sambas in the island of Borneo. From March, 1817, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 20 Jan. 1818, he served with Capt. Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer in the Severn 40 and Ganymede 26, on the Home and Mediterranean stations. In 1827-8 he held an appointment in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot; and from 18 May, 1835, until the period of his death he commanded, with the exception of a short interval in 1842, a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Chard.