A Naval Biographical Dictionary/White, Richard
WHITE. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Richard White entered the Navy, 2 Feb. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Quebec 32, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley; with whom, after having cruized in the North Sea, he removed, in the following summer, to the Lively 38. In that frigate, of which he became Midshipman, he continued very actively employed, in the manner detailed in our memoir of her Captain, until wrecked, 10 Aug. 1810, on a reef of rocks, near Point Coura, in the island of Malta. He served afterwards, from Nov. 1810 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1815, with Capts. Patrick Campbell, Adam Drummond, and Thos. Briggs in the Unité 36 and Leviathan 74, on the Mediterranean, Jamaica, and Cork stations. His last appointments afloat were, 27 June, 1822, to the Superb 78, Capt. Adam Mackenzie, lying at Plymouth – and 23 March, 1829, to the command, which he retained until June, 1834, of the Nimble Revenue-cruizer. He was subsequently employed in the Quarantine service at Standgate Creek.