A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Winthrop, George Teal Sebor
WINTHROP. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George Teal Sebor Winthrop passed his examination 28 June, 1842; served as Mate at Portsmouth, on the south-east coast of America, at Woolwich, and in the East Indies, in the St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, Curaçoa 24, Capt. Sir Thos. Sabine Pasley, Cockatrice schooner, Lieut.-Commander Justus Oxenham, Spitfire steamer, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Archibald Macdonald, and Calliope 26, Capt. Edw. Stanley; and on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 23 June, 1846, was nominated Additional of the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane on the station last named; where he was appointed, 1 Nov. following, to the Castor 36, Capt..Chas. Graham. He returned to England and was paid off at the close of 1847; was employed next, from 1 March until May, 1848, in the Ganges 84, Capt. Henry Smith, at Sheerness; and since 14 Oct. in the latter year has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.