A Naval Biographical Dictionary/White, William (a)
WHITE. (Retired Commander, 1831. f-p., 14; h-p., 53.)
William White died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy 6 April, 1780, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Marlborough 74, Capt. Taylor Penny; in which ship he continued employed as Midshipman in the Channel and West Indies until July, 1783. He served next on the same stations, from May, 1784, until July, 1786, and from Feb. 1787 until Sept. 1790, in the Orestes 18, Capt. Jas. Ellis, and Sybil frigate, Capt. Rich. Bickerton. In Jan. 1793 he became Master’s Mate of the Thalia 36, Capt. Rich.Grindall, employed in the Channel, among the Western Islands, and off Lisbon; he was made Lieutenant, 20 Aug. 1794, into the Andromeda frigate, Capts. Thos. Sotheby and Wm. Taylor; he left that ship, after having served in her in the North Sea and at Halifax, in June, 1797; and he was lastly, from July, 1806, until Feb. 1807, stationed on the coast of Ireland in the Brisk 18, Capt. John Coode. He was placed on the Junior List of Retired Commanders 26 Nov. 1830, and on the Senior 17 Sept. 1831.