A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Simpson, John (c)
SIMPSON. (Retired Commander, 1841. h-p., 11;[1] h-p., 49.)
John Simpson entered the Navy in May, 1787, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Irresistible 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Andrew Snape Hamond in the river Medway. In Aug. 1794 (he had left the Irresistible in 1789), he became Midshipman of the Invincible 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Pakenham, on the Home station; where, after serving with that officer in the Juste 80, he was nominated, in June and Dec. 1797, Acting-Lieutenant of the Ganges 74 and St. Fiorenzo 36, Capts. Robt. M‘Douall and Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He was confirmed, 31 May, 1798, into the Xenophon sloop, Capt. Geo. Sayer, attached to the force in the North Sea; and was subsequently appointed – 26 Nov. 1799 and (after six months of half-pay) 8 July, 1800, to the Defence 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, and Dictator 64, Capt. Hardy, employed in the Medway and at Spithead – 8 March, 1801, as First-Lieutenant (he had only remained a few days in the Dictator) to the Camilla 20, Capts. Robt. Larkan and Edw. Brace, with whom he served at Newfoundland and in the Channel, until July, 1802 – and, 20 May, 1803, to the Rosario sloop, which vessel, commanded by Capt. Wm. Mounsey on the Cork station, his health obliged him, in Aug. 1805, to leave. He afterwards had charge of a Signal station. He was placed on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 1 Dec. 1830; and on the Senior 8 Sept. 1841.
- ↑ Not including Signal station service.