Royal Naval Biography/Parsons, Robert White
ROBERT WHITE PARSONS, Esq.
[Captain of 1828.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 11th April 1806; and commanded the boarders of the Diana frigate, Captain William Ferris, at the capture of the French national brig Teaser, near the mouth of the Gironde, Aug. 25th, 1811. He subsequently served in the Armada 74, Captain Charles Grant, and Boyne 98, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth. On the 7th Nov. 1810, he was promoted to the rank of commander; and in July 1825, appointed to the Dispatch sloop, fitting out for the Irish station, where he captured a smuggling lugger, under French colours, with 400 bales of tobacco on board. His commission as captain bears date Nov. 11th, 1828.
Agent.– J. Copland, Esq.