A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Reynolds, George Stewart
REYNOLDS. (Commander, 1841.)
George Stewart Reynolds entered the Navy 19 Feb. 1814; passed his examination in 1821; obtained his first commission 29 Jan. 1829; and was appointed in succession – 11 May, 1833, and 9 June, 1834, to the Donegal 78, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, and Hastings 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, both on the Lisbon station – and, 25 April, 1837, as Senior, to the Larne 18, Capts. Patrick John Blake and Augustus Leopold Kuper, fitting for the East Indies. For his services in the latter vessel at the capture of Canton he was promoted, 8 June, 1841, to the rank he now holds. On 16 Oct. following he was appointed Second-Captain of the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, with whom he returned home from India in the early part of 1843; and, since 3 July, 1844, he has been employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard.
He married, 9 Nov. 1843, Eliza Susannah, second daughter of the late Jas. Walker, Esq., of Blackheath. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.