A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Porteous, Francis Pender
PORTEOUS. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Francis Pender Porteous entered the Navy 2 Aug. 1827; and on 20 Oct. following was present in the Genoa 74, Capt. Walter Bathurst, at the battle of Navarin. He passed his examination 4 June, 1834; and, after serving for a time at Plymouth and in the Mediterranean, in the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 March, 1842. His appointments have since been – 5 April, 1842, to the Queen 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen in the Mediterranean – 23 Feb. 1843, to the Devastation steamer, Capts. Hastings Reginald Henry, Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie, and Wm. Hewgill Kitchen, on the same station, whence he returned at the close of 1845 – 8 April, 1846, as Additional, to the Vernon 50, hearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield on the southeast coast of America – 1 July following, as First, to the Racer 16, Capt. Archibald Reed, similarly stationed – and, 10 Dec. 1847, to the Prince Regent 92, Capt. Wm. Fanshawe Martin, lying at Portsmouth.