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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Henry Coryton R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of John Tillie Coryton, of Pentillie Castle, Cornwall | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 28 March 1810 | Born | ||
| 1879 | Died | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 7 November 1822 | Entered Navy | ||
| 22 September 1835 | Lieutenant | ||
| 8 October 1841 | Commander | ||
| 21 February 1856 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 27 November 1835 | Lieutenant in Thalia, commanded by Robert Wauchope | ||
| 17 May 1836 | Lieutenant in Melville, commanded by Peter John Douglas, flagship of Vice-Admiral Peter Halkett, North America and West Indies | ||
| 20 August 1836 | Lieutenant in Racehorse, commanded by James Everard Home, West Indies | ||
| 13 January 1837 | Lieutenant in Gannet (1814, brig-sloop), commanded by William George Hyndham Whish | ||
| 14 July 1838 | Lieutenant in Herald, commanded by Joseph Nias, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 23 July 1839 | Lieutenant in Conway, commanded by Charles Ramsay Drinkwater-Bethune, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| 14 December 1844 | 14 March 1848 | Commander in Persian, North America and West Indies | |
| 13 June 1855 | 17 May 1848 | Commander in Hermes, North America and West Indies | |
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