Royal Naval Biography/Dickson, William Henry
WILLIAM HENRY DICKSON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained a lieutenant’s commission in Jan. 1806, and his present rank on the 21st Aug. 1815. At the close of the late war with France, he commanded the Maria schooner; and, since the peace, the Chanticleer sloop of war. He was the zealous projector and principal promoter of the Royal Naval School, now about to be established near London.