Served as a Lieutenant of the Sans Pareil 80, under Lord Hugh Seymour; obtained the rank of Commander April 29, 1802; was appointed to the Avon sloop, in Sept. 1800; and made a Post-Captain June 8, 1809. He resigned his commission, Jan. 14, 1825, “on the ground of the unlawfulness of war.” His “Letter to the King,” published at that period, has been ably answered by Mr. William Anderson, Master Painter of H.M. Dock Yard, Portsmouth.