Royal Naval Biography/Duntze, John Alexander
JOHN ALEXANDER DUNTZE, Esq.
[Captain of 1829.]
Son, we believe, of Sir John Duntze, Bart. of Rockbere House, Devonshire, by Dorothea, daughter of Sir Thomas Carew, Bart, of Tiverton Castle, in the same county. He entered the navy in Aug. 1818; obtained the rank of lieutenant in May 1825, of commander in April 1828, and captain Dec. 24th, 1829.