A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kemball, William Henry
KEMBALL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
William Henry Kemball entered the Navy, 8 Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Northumberland 74, Capt. Nathaniel Day Cochrane, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane on the West India station; where, from June, 1807, until the close of 1810, he served with Capt. Volant Vashon Ballard, chiefly as Midshipman, in the Blonde and Statira frigates, and Neptune 98, assisting, during that period, at the capture of five privateers, carrying in the whole 58 guns and 515 men, as also at the destruction, previously to the fall of Guadeloupe, of the French 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, together with a heavy battery by which they were defended, in Anse la Barque. He was next, between Dec. 1810 and Jan. 1814, employed in the Channel on board the Sceptre 74, Capt. Sam! Jas. Ballard, and Boyne 88, and Ville de Paris 110, both flag-ships of Sir Harry Burrard Neale. He then rejoined Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Tonnant 80, and, continuing with him until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 18 Feb. 1815, bore an active part in consequence in the hostilities with America, and was present in the operations against New Orleans. He has not been afloat since the general peace.