A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Warre, William Archibald
WARRE. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
William Archibald Warre entered the Navy, in April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Virginie 38, Capt. John Poo Beresford, employed on the Home station; where he served, from the following Aug. until Nov. 1807, the chief part of the time as Midshipman, in the Amethyst frigate and Warrior 74, both commanded by Capt. John Wm. Spranger. In Jan. 1808 he joined the Resolution 74, Capts. Geo. Burlton and Temple Hardy; and in that ship, in which he continued for three years, he cruized off Lisbon and Rochefort, witnessed in 1809 the attack upon the French fleet in Aix Roads and the capture of Flushing, and then proceeded to the Baltic. In Aug. 1811 he was received on board the Swiftsure 74, commanded at first by Capt. Hardy and next by Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, on the Mediterranean station; and on 13 Aug. 1812 he was there, after having acted as Lieutenant, confirmed to that rank in the Menelaus 38, Capts. Sir Peter Parker and Edw. Dix. In her he subsequently cruized in the Bay of Biscay and visited the coasts of Brazil and America; and he was on board when Sir P. Parker was killed in a land operation at Bellair, near Baltimore, 30 Aug. 1814. He left the Menelaus in April, 1815; and was lastly, from March until Nov. 1816, employed in the Cornwallis 74, Capts. Henry Weir and Andrew King, in the East Indies. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.