A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Risk, John Erskine Field
RISK. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
John Erskine Field Risk entered the Navy 8 Sept. 1826; passed his examination in 1832; and for his services on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 5 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointment were – 14 Jan. 1841, as Additional, to the Princess Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford in the Mediterranean – 4 May following, to the Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, on the same station, whence he returned to England and was paid off – 7 Jan. 1842, to the Fly 18, Capt. Fras. Price Blackwood, with whom he was for upwards of four years employed on surveying service in the East Indies – and 12 May, 1847, to the Caledonia 120, which ship, bearing the flag of Sir John Louis, Admiral-Superintendent at Devonport, he left in Jan. 1848.
He married, 1 Dec. 1841, Emily, daughter of Major Tudor, of the Ordnance Department.