A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sharpe, Benjamin
SHARPE. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Benjamin Sharpe entered the Navy 19 Jan. 1827; passed his examination in 1833; obtained his commission 18 Oct. 1839; was appointed 1 Feb. 1840, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and, from 1 Oct. following until paid off in 1843, was employed in the Mediterranean in the Howe 120, Capts. Sir Watkin Owen Pell, Robt. Smart, and Thos. Forrest. He has not been since afloat.
He married, in March, 1843, at Malta, Mary Anne Fanny, daughter of the Rev. Geo. Montagu, of Swaffham (by Emily, fourth daughter of the Rev. Wm. Tonge, Chancellor of the diocese of Norwich), and niece of Lieut. Edw. Proudfoot Montagu, R.N. Agents – Messrs. Chard.