A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Toker, John Buck
TOKER. (Lieutenant, 1820. f-p., 10; h-p., 26.)
John Buck Toker entered the Navy, in 1811, as Sec.-cl. Vol, on board the Orlando 36, Capt. John Clavell, stationed in the Mediterranean; whence he returned to England, towards the close of 1814, in the Blossom 24, Capt. Joshua Ricketts Rowley. He next, in May, 1815, joined the Junon 38, Capts. Clotworthy Upton, Jas. Haldane Tait, and Arthur Fanshawe, in the West Indies; and, from Aug. 1816 until some time in 1820, he was employed on the Newfoundland station, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Perseus 22 and Tamar 28, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, and Sir Francis Drake frigate, Capt. John Bowker, and as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (order and commission dated 18 Dec. 1819 and 3 Feb. 1820) in the Drake sloop, Capts. Wm. Nugent Glascock and Octavius Vernon Harcourt. His last appointment was, 20 Feb. 1826, for a few months, to the Forte 44, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.