For their services both Lushington and Lyons were nominated as Chevaliers of the Order of Saint Louis by the French, and appointed to the Order of the Redeemer by the Greeks. Lushington's promotion to post captain did not come for some time though – he was finally posted on 28 October 1829. A long period of unemployment followed, he was ashore for nearly ten years before finally appointed to take command of the 26-gun on 19 January 1839, and sail her to the West Indies. He became ill while on this station, and after a long period of ill-health, was invalided back to Britain in November 1840 on the orders of the station commander, Sir Thomas Harvey. Lushington's health presumably recovered while in England, and on 11 October 1845 he took command of the paddle frigate . He commanded her in home waters until 1846, and then took over the 84-gun in 1847. He took Vengeance out to the Mediterranean, and left her in November 1848 to take up the post of superintendent of the Indian Navy, which he held until 1852. He went to sea again in July 1852 as captain of the 90-gun , sailing out to the Mediterranean, and was still there when the Crimean War broke out in 1854.
