Passed his examination in Jan. 1810; obtained the rank of lieutenant on the 26th Sept. 1811; served as such, under Captain Edward Brace, in the Berwick 74, on the Mediterranean station; and Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral (now Sir David) Milne, at the battle of Algiers. He was promoted to the command of the Carnation sloop, at Halifax, Nov. 10th, 1819; and put out of commission, at Plymouth, in the autumn of 1821.