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Sheik of Damanhour of an attack by the enemy being meditated on the British. During the campaign Mr. Fead also served with the boats in the gallant operations against the small fortified island of Marabut. In Dec. 1802 he next joined the Alcmene 32, Capt. John Stiles, under whom he assisted on one occasion in driving 32 armed vessels into Granville. After 12 months’ servitude, as Master’s Mate, on the West India and American stations, in the Fame 74, Capts. Graham Moore and Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, during which period he went in pursuit, with Sir John Borlase Warren, of Jerome Buonaparte, Mr. Fead was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 30 Dec. 1806, in the Prince 98, Capt. Alex. Frazer. His subsequent subordinate appointments, we find, were, on the Mediterranean, Home, and American stations — 11 Feb. 1807, to the Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Thornbrough — 14 July, 1812, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord Colville — 12 May, 1813, to the Monmouth 64, flag ship of Vice-Admiral Thos. Foley — and, 5 March, 1814, to the Leander 50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier. While Acting-First-Lieutenant of the Queen, Mr. Fead landed, in command of the boats belonging to that ship, on the north coast of Spain, and, although exposed to a heavy fire, assisted in dragging a heavy gun across a mountainous country towards the fort of Gueteria. He also, when in the Monmouth, cruized in the Channel in command of the Alert and Viper cutters; and, during his attachment to the Leander, he received a violent contusion in an endeavour to rescue the 60th regiment from a situation of extreme peril on the banks of Newfoundland. Assuming command, 4 Oct. 1814, of the Etna bomb, Capt. Fead joined in the ensuing operations against New Orleans, and in Feb. 1815 distinguished himself by his “judicious and officer-like conduct” at the capture of Fort Bowyer, on Mobile Point. Having paid off the Etna in Aug. 1815, he remained on shore until 1 June, 1824, when he received an appointment to the Pylades 18, and was for some time employed in cruizing with an experimental squadron. He invalided from the latter sloop, then on the Jamaica station, 28 June, 1825 — attained Post-rank 1 Nov. 1826 — and on 1 Oct. 1846 accepted the Retirement.
Capt. Fead was a Justice of the Peace for co. Kent, and the originator of many useful improvements in the art of naval gunnery. He married, in 1824, Helen Mary, daughter of the late Robt. Scott, Esq., of Shineliffe Hall, co. Durham, by whom he has left, with other issue, a son, the present Lieut. W. F. G. Fead, R.N. Agents — Hallett and Robinson.
FEAD. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 18; h-p., 5.)
William Frederick Fead is nephew of the late Capt. Fras. Fead, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 June, 1824, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Pylades 18, Capt. Fras. Fead; and, from 1 June, 1825, until 20 Aug. 1830, on which date he passed his examination, served, as Midshipman, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, in the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Moorsom, Clio 18, Capts. Robt. Aitchison and Robt. Deans, and Philomel 10, Capt. Chas. Graham. He afterwards joined, in the capacity of Mate, the Revenge 78, Capts. Chas. Orlando Brjdgeman and Jas. Hillyar, Rattlesnake 28, Capt. C. Graham, Spitfire steamer, Lieut.-Commanders Wm. Henry Symons and Andw. Kennedy, Jupiter 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, Inconstant 36, Capts. John Hayes and Dan. Pring, and Hercules 74, Capts. Maurice Fred. Fitzhardinge Berkeley and John Toup Nicolas; and in those ships he served in every quarter of the globe. His appointments as Lieutenant, which rank he attained 28 June, 1838, appear to have been — 8 April, 1839, to the Curaçoa 24, Capt. Jenkin Jones, on the South American station — 30 Oct. 1840, to the Grecian 16, Capt. Wm. Smyth, at the Cape of Good Hope — and, in 1844-5, to the Camperdown 104, Queen 110, and Trafalgar 120, flag-ships at Sheerness of Sir John Chambers White. Being First-Lieutenant of the Trafalgar when visited by Her Majesty at Spithead, he was in consequence promoted to the rank of Commander, by commission dated 21 June, 1845. Since that period he has been unemployed.
Commander Fead married, 1 Aug. 1843, Charlotte, daughter of W. Hillier, Esq., of Boley Hill, Rochester, and widow of Lieut. Rawlings, of the 48th Regiment.
FEAD. (Lieutenant, 1847.)
William Frederick Glocester Fead is son of the late Capt. Fras. Fead, R.N.
This officer passed his examination 3 Dec. 1845; became, 7 Jan. 1846, Mate of the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, on the coast of Africa; and on 1 Feb. 1847, as a tribute to his father’s worth, was promoted to the rank he now holds. He is still serving, on the African station, on board the Alert 6, Capt. Wm. Ellis, of which sloop he had been nominated Acting-Lieutenant 20 July, 1846.
FEATHERSTONE. (Commander, 1844. f-p., 18; h-p., 18.)
Craven John Featherstone entered the Navy, in Nov. 1811, as a Volunteer, on board the Maidstone 36, Capts. Geo. Burdett and Wm. Skipeey. During the four years of his continuance in that ship, he assisted in taking a large number of American privateers; contributed, among other boat services, to the capture of four large armed schooners in the Rappahannock river; aided in beating off 13 heavy gun-boats after an action of four hours; was at the taking of Georgetown and Frederickstown; and twice fell into the hands of the enemy — on the last occasion, after an ineffectual resistance offered by himself and his only two companions against a body of 45 men. Mr. Featherstone — who, in consequence of the misfortune we have just recorded, remained nine months in captivity — subsequently joined the Leander 50; from which ship, commanded by Capt. Skipsey, he was discharged, as Master’s Mate, in July, 1816, into the Fury bomb, Capt. Constantino Rich. Moorsom. On his return to England, after participating in the battle of Algiers, he became attached with Capt. Moorsom to the Prometheus sloop, employed on Channel service; and from 1818, in which year he passed his examination, until Jan. 1825, he served, on the Home and Cape of Good Hope stations, in the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, and in the Ariadne and Andromache frigates, both commanded by Capt. C. R. Moorsom. He then, as Acting-Lieutenant, rejoined the Ariadne, commanded at the time by Capt. Isham Fleming Chapman; and, being confirmed 3 July following, was next appointed — 17 Dec. 1825, to the Prince Regent 120, flag-ship until 1827 of Sir Robt. Moorsom at the Nore — and, 2 Dec. 1841, to the command of the Volcano steam-vessel, in which, for three days, he had the honour of entertaining the Queen Dowager and suite. Since his last promotion, which took place 24 Feb. 1844, Commander Featherstone has been on half-pay.
FEATHERSTONE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 32.)
Samuel Featherstone entered the Navy, 1 March, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Terrible 74, Capts. Wm. Wolseley and Fras. Fayerman, one of the ships employed in the ensuing expedition to Quiberon. In Oct. 1802, he became Midshipman of the Imogene 18, Capt. Henry Vaughan, on the coast of Africa; and, in 1805, he next joined the Hope tender, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Featherstone, on the Home station. Becoming attached, in April, 1806, to the Windsor Castle 98, Capt. Chas. Boyles, he presently witnessed the capture of four heavy French frigates by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood; and, in Feb. 1807, he passed the Dardanells. During the last seven years of the war, two of which were passed in the West Indies, and the rest on the Home station, Mr. Featherstone successively joined the Prince Frederick, Lieut.-
