LBT ID: HeWhitb1812 | B/BAP: 1781 DIED: 1812 |
SOURCES: John Horsley, Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy (1897) lxxi; John Campbell in The History and Lives of the British Admirals (1818) | |
He was acquitted of murdering an American seaman while Captain of the Leander; for his
service as captain of the Cerberus he was awarded a medal for gallantry in 1812. | |