FURNEAUX.
Acasta Volunteer First Class under Capt. Dunn, 16 May, 1805, aged 12 years.
Acasta Volunteer First Class under Capt. Dunn, 16 May, 1805, aged 12 years.
John Furneaux, born 27 April, 1793, at Swilly, Stoke Damerel, is third son of the late Rev. Jas. Furneaux ; grandson of Jas. Furneaux, Esq., R.N., many years First-Lieutenant to Hon. Rich. Byron; and grand-nephew of Capt. Tobias Furneaux, R.N., who commanded the Adventure, and accompanied Capt. Cook.
This officer entered the Navy, 16 May, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Acasta, 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, and, after sharing in the pursuit of Jerome Buonaparte, and participating in the action off St. Domingo, successively joined, as Midshipman, the Royal George 100, and San Josef 110, bearing each the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, under whom, in the Royal George, he received a severe wound in the left jaw at the passage of the Dardanells, 19 Feb. 1807.
Source: A NAVAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY: COMPRISING THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF EVERY LIVING OFFICER IN HER MAJESTY'S NAVY, FROM THE RANK OF ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET TO THAT OF LIEUTENANT, INCLUSIVE. Compiled from Authentic and Family Documents. BY WILLIAM E. O'BYRNE, ESQ.
LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, PUBLISHER TO THE ADMIRALTY. 1849.
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