A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Temple, Henry
TEMPLE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Henry Temple is son of Jas. Temple, Esq., late proprietor and conductor of an eminent educational establishment at St. Margarets, co. Kent.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Sept. 1828; passed his examination 18 Sept. 1834; served for some time as Mate in the Racer 16, Capt. Thos. Harvey, and Winchester 50, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, on the North America and West India station; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant , 23 Nov. 1841. His next appointments were – 10 March, 1842, and 23 April, 1844, to the Queen 110 and Formidable 84, flag-ships of Sir Edw. W. C. It. Oweu in the Mediterranean, whence he returned at the close of 1845 – 14 Feb. 1846, as Senior, to the Ferret 8, Capt. Geo. Sprigg, fitting for the coast of Africa – and 20 July following, to the Actaeon 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, with whom he served on the station last named as Second and First Lieutenant until paid off on his return to England in 1848.