Royal Naval Biography/Nixon, Christopher
CHRISTOPHER NIXON, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1825.]
Obtained the rank of lieutenant in 1800; and was first of the Duncan frigate, on the East India station, in 1805. He was made a commander for conducting a fire-vessel into Aix roads, in the night of April 11th, 1809 (on which occasion, we believe, he lost his hearing); and advanced to the rank of captain. May 27th, 1825.