Dictionary of Indian Biography/Clapperton, Andrew Balfour
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CLAPPERTON, ANDREW BALFOUR (1794–1847)
Captain : Master-attendant at Calcutta : went to sea in 1808 in the E. I. Co.'s mercantile service : served in the expeditions against the Isle of France and Java : commanded merchant-ships to and from Calcutta for years; "no man in the country's service ever bore a higher character." He safely rounded Cape Horn, with a lascar crew, in 1822–3 : having served as second and first Assistant, he became Master-attendant, 1840–2, and was confirmed in 1847, but died, Sep. 20. He was at various times Judge Advocate of the Marine Committee of Enquiry : regarded as a tried and valuable officer of the Company, and much esteemed in society.