A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Airey, George Sherbrooke
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AIREY. (Lieutenant, 1830. f-p., 13; h-p., 12.)
George Sherbrooke Airey entered the Navy 4 April, 1823; passed his examination in 1823; and obtained his commission 10 Feb. 1830. His subsequent appointments were – 22 Aug. 1831, to the Isis 50, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Fred. Warren – 16 Dec. 1834, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Edw. John Carpenter, on the North America and West India station – and, 23 Feb. 1836, to the Howe 120, bearing the flag at the Nore of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. He has been on halfpay since the early part of 1837.
Lieut. Airey at present holds the appointment of Crown Commissioner at Port Philip.