Royal Naval Biography/Martin, William Fanshawe
WILLIAM FANSHAWE MARTIN, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1824.]
Eldest son of Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.B. Comptroller of the Navy, and M.P. for Plymouth. He was made a lieutenant, Dec. 15th, 1820; commander, into the Fly sloop, on the South American station, Feb. 8th, 1823; and post-captain, June 5th, 1824. He married, in July, 1826, Ann, youngest daughter of Lord Chief Justice Best.