A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Popplewell, George Otway
POPPLEWELL. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
George Otway Popplewell entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1832; passed his examination 14 June, 1836; and on his return from South America (where he had been serving for some time as Mate) in the Curaçoa 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 Nov. 1842. His appointments have since been – 24 May, 1843, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – and, 22 Oct. 1844, to the Daedalus 19, Capt. Peter M‘Quhae, fitting for the East Indies, where he is now employed.