Royal Naval Biography/Stanley, Edward
EDWARD STANLEY, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was wounded at the battle of Algiers, while serving as midshipman on board Lord Exmouth’s flag-ship, the Queen Charlotte, 120. He was made a lieutenant on the 31st Jan. 1824; advanced to the rank of commander. Mar. 31st, 1832; appointed to the Dee steamship, Nov. 9th, 1833; and removed to the Wolf sloop, fitting out for the East India Station, May 27th, 1834. He sailed from Plymouth, Oct. 2d, following.