Lieutenant Commander Frederick Bedwell (1796–1853) was a sailor in the Royal Navy. He participated in the Peninsular War, the American War of 1812, and was a member of the guard that took

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to banishment on

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. He was a Master's mate on the under Phillip Parker King during King's explorations of

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from 1818 to 1822.

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