proofread

A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Reeve, Samuel

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
1897738A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Reeve, SamuelWilliam Richard O'Byrne

REEVE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)

Samuel Reeve entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 24 June, 1830; and while serving in the West Indies as Midshipman of the Columbine 18 and Blanche 46, Capts. Henry Ommanney Love and Arthur Farquhar, was employed on shore during the insurrection of the blacks at Jamaica in 1832. He passed his examination 6 Dec. 1831; and after serving for some time on the lakes of Canada as Mate in the Niagara 20, Capt. Williams Sandom, was made Lieutenant into that vessel 14 June, 1842. He returned home in 1843; and has since been on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.