Royal Naval Biography/Halsted, George Anthony
GEORGE ANTHONY HALSTED, Esq.
[Commander.]
Son of Commander George Halsted, R.N., and nephew to Admiral Sir Lawrence W. Halsted, K.C.B., by whom he was made a lieutenant, and appointed to the Hussar frigate. Captain George Harris, on the West India station, in 1824. He obtained his present rank on the 13th June, 1827; and was appointed inspecting commander of the coast guard at Clifden, in Ireland, Mar. 18th, 1834.