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Royal Naval Biography/Dunn, Pascoe

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PASCOE DUNN, Esq.
[Commander.]

Obtained the rank of lieutenant in Jan. 1809; and was wounded while serving in the boats of the Tuscan sloop. Captain John Wilson, at the capture and destruction of a French convoy, in the bay of Rosas, Nov. 1st, following[1]. He was granted a pension on the 4th Aug. 1813; and made a commander, June 15th. 1814.

This officer married, Sept. 29th, 1813, Hester, daughter of John Maxwell, Esq. apothecary to the forces at Gibraltar; and died at Devonport, May 28th, 1826.