A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sansum, Arthur
SANSUM. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Arthur Sansum entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1826; passed his examination in 1832; and obtained his commission 10 May, 1839. His appointments have since been – 22 May, 1839, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Magnificent receiving-ship at Jamaica, Commodore Peter John Douglas – 16 Feb. 1840, to the Thunder surveying-vessel, Capt. Edw. Barnett, on the North America and West India station – 27 July, 1841, as First, to the Scout 18, Capts. Joseph Paffard Dickson Larcom and Hon. Jas. Robt. Drummond, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in 1845 – and 16 Feb. 1846, in a similar capacity, to the Calypso 18, Capt. Henry John Worth, now in the Pacific.