A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Reynolds, James
REYNOLDS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17; h-p., 23.)
James Reynolds entered the Navy, 31 March, 1807, as L.M., on board the Eliza and Jane tender, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Dickinson, employed between Plymouth and Dublin. In Sept. 1808 he followed the same officer into the Nonpareil 14; in which vessel, commanded afterwards by Lieut. Thos. Cowper Sherwin, we find him assisting, 3 Feb. 1810, at the capture of the Cannonière brig-of-war, of 3 guns, off the river Vilaine. In the course of 1811 he joined in succession the Dannemark 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, Royal William, flag-ship of Sir Roger Curtis at Spithead, and Ganymede 26, Capt. John Brett Purvis. In the Dannemark, he served as Midshipman in the Channel and among the Western Islands; he took part in the boats of the Ganymede in an attempt made to burn a privateer at the mouth of the Ebro; and he was present in the same ship at the siege of Tarragona in 1813 and in other operations on the coast of Catalonia. In July, 1815, being then with Capt. Purvis in the Amphion 32, he took up a commission bearing date 1 of the preceding March. Since 18 June, 1838, he has had charge of a station in the Coast Guard.