Royal Naval Biography/Dickson, William Henry

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2374309Royal Naval Biography — Dickson, William HenryJohn Marshall


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.