Royal Naval Biography/Scott, George (b)

by John Marshall

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GEORGE SCOTT, Esq.
[Captain of 1830.]

Was made a lieutenant in Sept. 1805; advanced to the rank of commander, for his gallant conduct as first of the Phoebe frigate, in action with an enemy’s squadron, off Madagascar, by commission dated Mar. 24th, 1812^[1]; and advanced to his present rank, Feb. 12th, 1830,

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1. See Vol. II. Part II. p. 833 et seq.