Royal Naval Biography/Maxwell, John Balfour
JOHN BALFOUR MAXWELL, Esq.
[Commander.]
Entered the royal navy in 1812; and served as midshipman on board the Alceste frigate, Captain (afterwards Sir Murray) Maxwell, during Lord Amherst’s embassy to China, in 1816–7[1]. He was made a lieutenant on the 6th April, 1820; appointed to the Briton frigate, commanded by Sir Murray Maxwell, Nov. 30th, 1822; and promoted to the command of the Chanticleer sloop, April 28th, 1827. His last appointment was, June 6th, 1833, to the Gannet sloop, on the Jamaica station, from whence he returned home in Feb. 1834.