Royal Naval Biography/Hindmarsh, John

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2409675Royal Naval Biography — Hindmarsh, JohnJohn Marshall


JOHN HINDMARSH, Esq.
[Captain of 1831.]


Obtained his first commission in Aug. 1803; served as senior lieutenant of the Nisus frigate. Captain Philip Beaver, in the expedition against Java, 1811; was made a commander on the 15th June, 1814; and promoted to the rank of captain, Sept. 3d, 1831. He is said to have passed Portsmouth, Sept. 24th, 1834, in the Nile steam vessel, bound to Alexandria, for the purpose of assuming a high command in the Egyptian navy.