Royal Naval Biography/Graham, Charles
CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq.
[Captain of 1830.]
Served as midshipman of the Glasgow frigate, Captain the Hon. Henry Duncan, C.B. in 1815; obtained his first commission, July 9th, 1817; was appointed to the Tartar 42, Commodore Sir George Collier, fitting out for the coast of Africa, Sept. 24th, 1819; and to be flag-lieutenant to the Hon. Sir Alexander I. Cochrane, commander-in-chief at Plymouth, early in 1823. His promotion to the rank of commander took place in April 1824; from which period he remained on half-pay until June 16th, 1829. Since then he has commanded the Philomel sloop and Rattlesnake 28, having been made captain into the latter ship, on the Mediterranean station, Nov. 4th, 1830.
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