A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Price, John
PRICE. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
John Price, born 5 April, 1802, is son of Joseph Price, Esq., a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Monmouth.
This officer entered the Navy, 11 Jan. 1815, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cornwallis 74, Capt. John Bayley, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Burlton in the East Indies, where he continued employed with the same officer in the Wellesley 74, with Capt. John Clavell in the Orlando 36, and with Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier in the Liverpool 50, and Ganges 84. In the Liverpool, in 1819, he accompanied an expedition sent against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, and assisted at the bombardment and destruction of Ras-el-Khyma, their principal stronghold. After a servitude of four years in the Mediterranean on board the Tribune 42, Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion, and Weazle 10 and Medina 20, both commanded by Capt. Timothy Curtis, he was promoted, 25 Nov. 1826, to the rank of Lieutenant. His subsequent appointments were to the Parthian 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fred. Hotham, also in the Mediterranean, whence he invalided in Feb. 1828 – 9 June, 1830, to the Wolf 18, Capt. Wm. Hamley, fitting for the East Indies – and 8 May, 1837, and 22 June, 1838, to the Scout 18 and Parthian 18, Capts. Robt. Craigie and Wm. Langford Castle, both on the coast of Africa. In 1832 he commanded the boats of the Wolf at the capture of the fort of Quedah, on the coast of Malacca. On 4 April in the same year he was dismissed the Navy by sentence of court-martial; but on 27 May, 1836, he was restored by Order in Council. In the boats of the Scout he made prize of three vessels, carrying between them 1346 slaves; and in those of the Pylades he took one with 235 negroes on board. For the gallant conduct he displayed Mr. Price had the satisfaction of receiving a letter of thanks from Rear-Admiral Patrick Campbell, the Commander-in-Chief, and another from the Secretary of the Admiralty. He has been on half-pay since the commencement of 1839.