A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stupart, Robert Douglas
STUPART. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Robert Douglas Stupart entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 28 Jan. 1830; passed his examination in 1834; and as a reward for the part he had taken during the operations on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were – 15 Dec. 1840, to the Gorgon steamer, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, in the Mediterranean 8 Oct. 1842, after a few months of half-pay, to the Wasp 16, Capts. Andrew Drew, Henry Bagot, and Sidney Henry Ussher, with whom he continued employed until the summer of 1845 on the North America and West India and African stations – and, 6 Jan. 1846, as First, to the Bittern 12, Capt. Thos. Hope. In the latter vessel he is again serving on the coast of Africa. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.