Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1822 ya na nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye banyere na Royal Naval College dị na Portsmouth. O mechara jee ozi na HMS "Albion" n'okpuru Captain John Acworth Ommanney. Gore gbara ọsọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba 1827 n'ụgbọ Albion mgbe ọ bụ akụkụ nke ụgbọ mmiri jikọtara ndị Britain na France na Russia n'okpuru iwu nke Admiral Edward Codrington na
Agha Navarino, ebe e bibiri ụgbọ mmiri ndị Ijipt na ndị Turkey, na-eme ka Gris nwere onwe ya. Nke a gaje ịbụ agha mmiri ikpeazụ a lụrụ n'etiti ụgbọ mmiri ndị e ji osisi rụọ n'oge Nelson.