Royal Naval Biography/Child, John

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2344900Royal Naval Biography — Child, JohnJohn Marshall


JOHN CHILD, Esq.
[Commander.]

Son, we believe, of the late Admiral Smith Child[1]. He was made a lieutenant in 1790; promoted to the command of the Merlin sloop, on the Jamaica station, Sept. 15th, 1800; and employed, during part of the late war, in the Irish Sea-Fencible service.