Royal Naval Biography/Filmore, John
JOHN FILMORE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1824.]
This officer was made a lieutenant, Jan. 16th, 1808; and we first find him serving under Commodore Edward H. Columbine, at the capture of Senegal, in July, 1809[1], He returned home acting captain of the Crocodile frigate; and was promoted to the rank of commander, by commission dated June 18th, 1811[2]. His last appointments were, in the summer of 1822, to the Ordinary at Plymouth; and, May 30th, 1823, to the Bann sloop, then employed on the African station. Finding on his arrival at Cape Coast, that Commodore Sir Robert Mends had died nearly six weeks before, he immediately appointed himself to the Owen Glendower frigate, and assumed the chief command. His commission as captain, however, was not confirmed by the Admiralty, nor did he obtain promotion to that rank, until Aug. 20th, 1824; previous to which he had returned home for the recovery of his health.[3]
Agents. – Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son.