Royal Naval Biography/Maude, William
WILLIAM MAUDE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1807.]
Was made a Commander Dec. 11, 1805; and promoted to post rank Sept. 26, 1807. In Jan. 1809, when commanding the Jason frigate, and employed blockading Guadaloupe, we find him reporting the capture of a French frigate, mounting 48 guns, with a complement of 330 men, which ship had been brought to action in a most gallant manner by Captain Samuel John Pechell, of the Cleopatra 32, who engaged the enemy under the fire of a battery on shore for forty minutes before the Jason could get near enough to render any assistance.
Captain Maude’s last appointment was, Sept. 30, 1821, to the Salisbury of 58 guns, fitting for the flag of Rear-Admiral Fahie, commander-in-chief on the Halifax station. He married, June 19, 1813, Anne, only daughter of the late John Hallet, Esq. which lady died Aug. 5, 1818.
Agents.– Messrs. Maude.