Royal Naval Biography/Manderson, James
JAMES MANDERSON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Author of “A Letter addressed to the Prime Minister, and First Lord of the Admiralty, on the Extension of the Naval Establishments of the Country.” “An Examination into the true Cause of the Stream running through the Gulf of Florida.” And “Twelve Letters addressed to the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval; on the Magnitude of the British Navy, the Importance of Falmouth Harbour, &c. &c.” This officer was made a lieutenant in 1795; after which he appears to have been principally employed in receiving and prison ships. He obtained his present rank on the 22d Jan. 1806.