Royal Naval Biography/Dance, William Townsend
WILLIAM TOWNSEND DANCE, Esq.
[Captain of 1834.]
Obtained his first commission on the 12th July, 1813; and subsequently served under the late Captain Thomas Graham, in the Doris frigate, on the South American station. He was made a commander on the 23d Oct. 1823; and advanced to the rank of captain (from half-pay), “a special promotion on Sir Thomas M. Hardy leaving the Board of Admiralty,” June 5th, 1834.