A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Roberts, Henry
ROBERTS. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
Henry Roberts is cousin of the late Admiral Sir Henry Digby, G.C.B.
This officer entered the Navy in June, 1815, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Caledonia 120, Capt. Sir Arch. Collingwood Dickson, lying at Plymouth, and shortly afterwards sailed in the Eurotas 38, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, for the Mediterranean, where he continued employed in the Queen 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, Reynard 10, Capt. David St. Clair, Ister 36, Capt. Thos. Forrest, Albion 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Penrose, and Scout 18, Capt. Wm. Ramsden. He passed his examination in June, 1821; and between that period and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 30 April, 1827, performed the duties of Mate in the Albion 74, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Wm. Hoste, and, on the South American station, in the Mersey and Menai of 26 guns each, Capts. John Macpherson Ferguson and Michael Seymour. We understand that before he joined the Menai he acted for a time as Lieutenant in the Wellesley 74. Since 29 Jan. 1836 he has filled an appointment in the Coast Guard. He had assisted, in the Mersey, in surveying the western coast of South America.