Royal Naval Biography/Wilson, John
JOHN WILSON, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1814.]
Obtained the rank of commander Dec. 27, 1808; and was present at the capture and destruction of a French convoy in the bay of Rosas, Nov. 1, 1809[1]. His post commission bears date June 7, 1814.
On the 4th Aug. 1818, Captain Wilson was appointed to the Salisbury 58, fitting for the flag of Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell, and subsequently bearing that of Rear-Admiral (now Sir William C.) Fahie, on the Leeward Islands station, from whence she returned to Portsmouth, Sept. 10, 1821[2].
Captain Wilson’s next appointment was, Dec. 28, 1825, to the Java 52, fitting for the East India station, from whence he returned home in the Boadicea 46, July 19, 1827.
This officer married, in 1821, Caroline Constance, third daughter of Sir William Charles Fahie, K.C.B.
- ↑ See note at p. 158.
- ↑ Rear-Admiral Campbell died Nov. 11, 1819.