O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'


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The following is the entry for Charles Horace Lapidge in William O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'.

LAPIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1824.)<.p> Charles Horace Lapidge was promoted, 31 Aug. 1824, to a Lieutenancy in the Scout 18, Capt. Jas. Wigston, which vessel returned home from the West Indies and was paid off in the summer of 1825. His subsequent appointments were – 19 Dec. 1837, as First, to the Lily 16, Capt. John Reeve, on the African station – 10 July, 1838, as Additional, to the Stag 46, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan, employed in South America, where he continued until 1839 – and 24 Nov. 1841, to the command of the Pantaloon 10, on the coast of Africa, whence he returned in 1844. He has not been since afloat. He was left a widower 21 June, 1846. Agent – J. Chippendale.



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