A Naval Biographical Dictionary/White, William (b)
WHITE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
William White died in 1847.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 April, 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Devastation bomb, Capt. Alex. Milner, under whom he was for nearly five years, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, employed in the same vessel and in the Swallow sloop in the Downs and Channel. He served afterwards as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the Plantagenet 74, Capts. Wm. Bradley, Thos. Eyles, and Robt. Lloyd, on the Baltic station, from March, 1809, until May, 1813; and as Acting-Master in the Pictou schooner, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Stephens, on the coast of North America, from the latter date until Feb. 1814. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 24 Feb. 1815. He remained thenceforward on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.