< Royal Naval Biography
WILLIAM RICHAN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in 1781; advanced to the rank of commander, April 29th, 1802; and subsequently appointed to the Norfolk armed ship, on the Leith station; where he captured l’Adolphe French privateer, of 14 guns and 39 men, Jan. 26th, 1807. He died in 1829.
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