A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Slade, Adolphus
SLADE. (Commander, 1841.)
Adolphus Slade is fifth (and second surviving) son of General Sir John Slade, Bart., G.C.H., of Maunsell House, co. Somerset, Colonel of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and one of the Equerries to His Majesty the King of Hanover, by Anna Eliza, daughter of Jas. Dawson, Esq., Assistant-Barrister, co. Armagh. His eldest brother, John Henry, Lieutenant-Colonel in the 1st Dragoon Guards, died 30 Oct. 1843; and his second, Charles George, Major in the 3rd Light Dragoons, died on his passage home from India in Feb. 1838. A third brother, Marcus John, is Lieutenant-Colonel in the 30th Regt.; a fourth, Ernest-Augustus, is also an officer in the Army; and a fifth, Alfred Robert, Lieutenant R.N., died at sea. He is grandson of the late John Slade, Esq., of Maunsell House, one of the Commissioners of the Victualling Board; and cousin of the late Capt. Jas. Slade, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 3 Aug. 1815; passed his examination in 1822; obtained his first commission 27 Nov. 1827; served in the Mediterranean, from 23 Jan. 1834 until 1837, as Additional-Lieutenant of the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley; attained his present rank 23 Nov. 1841; and from 2 July, 1846, until paid off at the close of 1847, commanded the Recruit 12, on particular service. In 1844 he was a student at the Royal Naval College.