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​JOHNSON. (Lieutenant, 1842.)

William Ponsonby Johnson passed his examination 22 Aug. 1837; served during the operations on the coast of China in the Blenheim 72, Capts. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse and Sir Thos. Herbert, and Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker; was in consequence promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842;[1] and officiated in that capacity, from 11 Dec. 1844 until the early part of 1847, in the Eagle 50, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin, on the American station.

  1. ↑ Vide Gaz. 1843, p. 2950.
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