A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Carter, Alexander Rodney Bligh
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CARTER. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Alexander Rodney Bligh Carter is son of Vice-Admiral Chas. Carter.
This officer passed his examination 29 Oct. 1836; and while Mate of the Daring 12, Capt. Henry Jas. Matson, which vessel he joined towards the close of 1844, jumped overboard and rescued a man from being drowned. He obtained his commission 9 Jan. 1846, and since the 12th of the same month has been serving at the Cape of Good Hope and in the East Indies on board the Snake 16, Capt. Thos. Bourmaster Brown, and Childers 12, Capt. John Chas. Pitman.