Helen There is a Frederick SLADE, note no William, (although a middle name was often a added at a later date), who may or may not be your man : this guy is described in the Navy List, as being promoted to Lieutenant on 26 Sep 1811, and is still included in the Navy List in 1847 and in 1849 O'Byrne included the following in his Naval Biographical Dictionary, interspersed with one or two additional notes of explanation by me : SLADE, (Lieutenant 1811, Full Pay = 10 years ; Half Pay 33 years). Frederick SLADE entered the Navy 27 Jun 1804, as L.M., (which I take to be as a Landsman i.e. someone without naval experience.), on board the Culloden, 74, Captain Christopher Cole, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, Commander-in-Chief, in the East Indies, http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/C/01210.html where he attained the rating of midshipman in May 1805, and assisted at the destruction, 27 Nov 1806, of a Dutch frigate, 7 brigs of war, and about 20 armed and other merchant vessels lying in Batabia Roads. >From Sept. 1807, until Aug. 1810 he was employed in the Baltic and Mediterranean, as Midshipman, and Master's Mate, in the Salsette: http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/S/04069.html and Nereus http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/N/03214a.html frigates, Captains Walter Bathurst and Peter Heywood. He then joined the Christian VII, 80 : http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/C/00973.html bearing the flag of Sir E. Pellew, of the Texel, and again with that officer in the Mediterranean in the Caledonia, 120 guns, was nominated 16 Aug 1811, Acting Lieutenant, of the Cumberland, 74, Captains Robert Waller Otway and Thos. Baker. He was confirmed 26 Sep. following, but invalided towards the close of the year, and was lastly, from March 1812, Until Jan 1814, employed a second time in the Baltic, in the Zealous, 74, Captain Thos. Boys. This guy seems to disappear from the Navy List circa 1850, which is about the same time that you say your Frederick William SLADE died. Since there were few posts for naval lieutenants after the end of the war, compared with the number still on the books, the Admiralty seem to encourage naval officer to live in the colonies, as long as they had the appropriate permissions : but if you don't think that this is your man so you need check out the Navy Lists to find when you man was promoted to Lieutenant, presumably after 1816 - I can't see F.W. mentioned circa 1811-16, only F. Slade. Paul On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 01:49:10 -0700 (PDT), Helen Carter <helen.carter28@yahoo.com> wrote: >I'm trying to find some info on Frederick William SLADE'S naval career >  >He was born 1787 at Aston Upthorpe, Berkshire >In 1822 he arrived in Tasmania with his sister and her family, returning to England 1824 >He married 1830 at Reading Berkshire >Arrived West Australia 1840 with his sister >and died 1850 West Australia  >  >>From 1822 newspaper clippings name him as Lt, F. W. SLADE, R.N. >from what I can gather he was dixscharged from the Royal Navy by 1822 >  >Helen > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message 50° 33' N, 2° 26' W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html