Royal Naval Biography/Vernon, Octavius Henry Cyril Venables

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2329119Royal Naval Biography — Vernon, Octavius Henry Cyril VenablesJohn Marshall


OCTAVIUS H. C. VENABLES VERNON, Esq.
[Captain of 1827.]

Is a son of the Right Hon. Edward Venables Vernon, D.C.L., Archbishop of York, Primate of England, &c. &c. &c.[1] He -was made a lieutenant, Jan. 11, 1814; appointed to the Amelia frigate, Captain the Hon. Granville Proby, fitting out for the Mediterranean station. Mar. 27, 1815; and to the Sir Francis Drake, flag-ship at Newfoundland, May 2, 1818; promoted to the command of the Drake sloop, Feb. 3, 1820; appointed to the Britomart of 10 guns, June 5, 1824; and removed from that vessel into the Primrose 18, on the Jamaica station. May 30, 1825. He subsequently visited Vera Cruz, Tampico, Havannah, New York, Washington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore; brought home the British Chargé d’affaires, and upwards of a million of dollars, from Mexico, in July, 1827; and was advanced to the rank of Captain, on the 7th of the following month.