A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Warren, Frederick Pelham
WARREN. (Lieutenant, 1843.)
Frederick Pelham Warren entered the Navy 7 Aug. 1836; passed his examination 14 July, 1842; served as Mate in the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington at Portsmouth, and Royal George and Victoria and Albert yachts, both commanded by Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence; was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant (after having accompanied the Queen on her visit to the King of the French and the King of the Belgians) 25 Sept. 1843; and was appointed, 19 Oct. following, to the Fox 42, Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood, fitting for the East Indies; where he was nominated, 26 April, 1847, Additional of the Vernon 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield. He returned to England at the close of 1848.
In July, 1846, Lieut. Warren received a medal from the Royal Humane Society in acknowledgment of his having risked his life for the purpose of saving others from a watery grave.