A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Still, William
STILL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.)
William Stillentered the Navy, 8 March, 1804, as Ordinary, on board the Queen 98, Capts. Theophilus Jones, Dickson, Fras. Pender, Rich. Thomas, Wm. Shield, Chas. Inglis, and Thos. Geo. Shortland, in which ship he continued employed, off Cadiz and in various parts of the Mediterranean, under the flag of Admirals John Knight, Lord Collingwood, and Geo. Martin, until transferred, in Oct. 180S, to the Lyra 10, Capts. Wm. Bevians, Southey, and Robt. Bloye; under the first-mentioned of whom we find him, in April, 1809, present as Midshipman in Lord Cochrane’s famous attack upon the French shipping in Aix Roads. In May, 1810, he removed to the Daring gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Campbell, stationed in the Bay of Biscay and Baltic; he served next, from Jan. 1811 until Aug. 1815, on the coast of France and South America, in the Rinaldo 10 and Fly 16, Capts. Anderson, Sir Wm. Geo. Parker, and Baldwin; and in Oct. 1815, after he had been for nearly two months attached at Plymouth to the St. George 98, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, and Jupiter 50, he was presented with a commission dated 7 Sept. .in that year. In the Rinaldo he assisted at the capture, 4 May, 1812, of the Apelles brig-of-war, under the fire of a battery near Boulogne. With the exception of a few months in 1847, he has been employed, since 21 Jan. 1843, as an Agent for Transports afloat. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.