ROYAL NAVAL BIOGRAPHY.
POST-CAPTAINS of 1812.
GEORGE PRICE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1812.]
Eldest son of the late Captain Charles Papps Price, R. N. of whom the following mention is made in the Naval Chronicle, vol. 29, p. 88:—
“This gentleman was a native of Hay, in Breconshire, and at a very early age entered into the service. In May, 1778, he was made lieutenant. He continued actively employed, with honor to himself, and benefit to his country, and was appointed to command the island of Marcou, which was threatened with an attack by the French from La Hogue. On the night of the 6th May, 1798, the enemy attempted to carry the island by storm; but its gallant defender, with a handful of brave men, drove them back with immense loss, and so complete was the defeat, that they did not again repeat the attack. For his brave and skilful conduct in this affair, he was promoted to a commander, and subsequently made a post-captain. The infirmities that too often visit the decline of life passed in the honorable perils and trying vicissitudes of a service, which warfare and the elements equally encircle with danger, obliged Captain Price to relinquish the active duties of his profession, and retire upon half-pay. He has left a widow, two daughters, and three sons—all the latter in the navy; the eldest being a post-captain, and equally distinguished for gallantry and skill in his profession, and estimable qualities in private life.”
Captain Charles Papps Price died at Hereford, about Jan. 1813, aged 62:—his eldest son, whose services we are about to record, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Sept. 14, 1805; and appointed to the Porcupine of 24 guns, commanded by Captain the Hon. Henry Duncan, in April, 1807:—the following is a copy of one of that excellent
