A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Webster, William (b)
WEBSTER. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
William Webster (b) passed his examination in 1829; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 27 Sept. 1837. His appointments have since been – 20 July, 1838, to the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, from which ship, stationed in the Mediterranean, he was superseded in March, 1840 – 31 Oct. in the latter year, to the Iris 26, Capts. Hugh Nurse and Wm. Tucker, fitting for the coast of Africa, whence he returned in 1842 – and, 22 Sept. 1846, to the Coast Guard, in which service he continues.