Royal Naval Biography/Wilson, Henry Smith
HENRY SMITH WILSON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained his first commission on the 9th Sept. 1799; served as senior lieutenant of the Unicorn frigate. Captain Lucius Hardyman; and commanded the boats of that ship at the capture of the French cutter privateer Tape-a-bord, of four guns and forty-six men, near the island of St. Domingo, May 6th, 1805. He subsequently commanded the Bahama prison ship and Surly cutter. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 19th July 1821.