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|battles = *American War of Independence * *Relief of Gibraltar * *Battle of Cape Spartel *French Revolutionary Wars *Napoleonic Wars |battles_label = |awards = |relations = Lawrence Halsted (brother) |laterwork = |signature = }} :''For the 19th-century New York state senator, see John B. Halsted.'' John Halsted (1768 – 2 November 1830) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Born into a naval family, Halsted went to sea at an early age with his father and at least one of his brothers. After a period of schooling he rejoined the navy and served aboard a number of ships and under a variety of notable commanders of the age, until reaching the rank of lieutenant shortly after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. He went out to the East Indies for much of them, serving onshore with troops and later commanding a sloop, before returning to Britain hoping to receive post-rank and the command of a frigate. He was disappointed, the Admiralty declined to confirm his appointment and he spent a number of years without a ship. He returned to active service only in 1804, with the command of a defence and storeship, followed by a position as agent for transports for the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807. He again escaped official notice, and it was not until 1808 that he received a promotion to post-captain. He took command of the 74-gun in 1810, followed by the 74-gun in 1813, commanding them in the North Sea. His final service during the wars was to oversee the impress service at Gosport, a post that allowed him to meet Prince Regent. He seems to have had no further service after the wars ended in 1815, and eventually died, still a post-captain, in 1830. ==Family and early life== Halsted was born in Gosport, Hampshire in 1768, the third son of naval officer Captain William Anthony Halsted, and his wife Mary, ''née'' Frankland. Three of John's brothers had naval careers; Charles Halsted became a lieutenant and was lost with in 1780, Lawrence Halsted had a long career and became an admiral, and George Halsted rose to be a commander. John Halsted also embarked on a naval career in 1776, joining his brother Lawrence aboard their father's ship, the 60-gun , for service off North America. John was eight years old at the time. William Anthony Halsted died while in command off New York in 1778, and John was transferred to the 32-gun , where he remained into 1779. He was then entered into a school for the next three years, rejoining the navy in 1782 as a midshipman aboard the 98-gun .〔 The ''Blenheim'', commanded at this time by Captain Adam Duncan, went out to relieve Gibraltar with Admiral Lord Howe's fleet. Howe's fleet was then engaged with a Spanish force under Luis de Córdova at the Battle of Cape Spartel on 20 October 1782, in which ''Blenheim'' had two men killed and three wounded. Halsted then transferred to the 98-gun under Captain Jonathan Faulknor.〔 Halsted now went on to serve aboard a succession of different ships; the 90-gun , the Portsmouth guardship and flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral John Montagu, and then the 74-gun , commanded successively by the Hon. James Luttrell and Sir Roger Curtis. His next ship was a frigate, the 32-gun under Captain Edward Thornbrough, followed by the 36-gun , under Captain Isaac Smith. Halsted went out to the East Indies during ''Perseverance''s posting to that station.〔 He then served aboard the 64-gun , under Captain Robert Manners Sutton, and the 74-gun under Sir Roger Curtis. He then moved aboard the 100-gun , the flagship of Admiral Lord Howe. Howe promoted him to lieutenant and in September 1793 arranged for him to be appointed to the 74-gun .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Halsted」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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