Royal Naval Biography/Percival, Westby
WESTBY PERCIVAL, Esq.
Knight of the Imperial Austrian Order of Leopold.
[Post-Captain of 1813.]
This officer was made a lieutenant in Oct. 1800; promoted to the command of the Paulina brig, Sept. 14, 1808; and posted into the Milford 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Freemantle, on the Mediterranean station, Oct. 16, 1813. The cross of the above order was conferred upon him for his services in the Adriatic, during the campaigns of 1813 and 1814.
Agents.– Messrs. Stilwell.