Royal Naval Biography/Slade, Henry

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2388047Royal Naval Biography — Slade, HenryJohn Marshall


HENRY SLADE, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a lieutenant on the 12th Nov. 1808. We first find him serving on board the Bulwark 74, Captain Farmery P. Epworth, in an expedition up the Penobscot river. North America, where he commanded a party of seamen on shore at the capture of the towns of Hamden and Bangor, Sept. 3d, 1814[1].

In Dec. 1820, he was appointed first lieutenant of the Seringapatam frigate, Captain Samuel Warren, fitting out for the Mediterranean station; and on the 27th May, 1825, promoted to the rank of commander.